Andrew Sharpe, Baron Sharpe of Epsom explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Sharpe of Epsom
Office:Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
Term Start:20 September 2022
Term End:5 July 2024
Successor:Jess Phillips
Primeminister:Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak[1]
Office1:Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
Term Start1:8 October 2021
Term End1:20 September 2022
Birth Name:Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe
Office2:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Termstart2:12 October 2020
Life Peerage
Primeminister1:Boris Johnson
Predecessor:The Lord Murray of Blidworth

Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe, Baron Sharpe of Epsom, (born June 1965)[2] [3] is an investment banker and British Conservative politician based in Surrey,[4] who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office from September 2022 to July 2024.[5] [6]

Career

Sharpe was originally a policeman in Hong Kong between 1987 and 1991, before migrating to the UK in the early 1990s, where he began working as a merchant banker.[7]

Sharpe was the President of the National Conservative Convention from 2017 to 2018 and was its Chairman until July 2021.[8] Sharpe was also Vice Chair of the Policy Forum. He has worked to promote voluntary involvement in senior levels of the Conservative Party's organisation.

Parliamentary career

Sharpe was nominated for a Life Peerage in the 2020 Political Honours by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He was created Baron Sharpe of Epsom on 15 September and introduced to the House of Lords on 12 October.[9] He made his maiden speech on 16 December 2020. He was appointed to the front bench in October 2021 in Johnson's Reshuffle.

Prominently, Sharpe piloted the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 through the Lords for the Government.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 . 2022-10-30 . GOV.UK . en.
  2. Book: Sharpe of Epsom . UK Who's Who . 29 June 2022 . 1 December 2021. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U294773 . 978-0-19-954088-4 .
  3. Web site: Andrew Sharpe . api.parliament.uk . 29 June 2022.
  4. Web site: A powerful Tory body is re-electing its top team - but most members don't even know about it. 25 February 2020. Politics Home.
  5. Web site: Lord Sharpe of Epsom OBE . 2022-09-20 . GOV.UK . en.
  6. Web site: Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 . 2022-09-20 . GOV.UK . en.
  7. Web site: MPs and Lords - Lord Sharpe of Epsom . 23 April 2024 . UK Parliament.
  8. Web site: Drinks Reception with Andrew Sharpe OBE, Chairman Conservative National Convention. Cities of London & Westminster.
  9. Web site: Lord Sharpe of Epsom. 15 September 2020 . UK Parliament .