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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minister_of_State_for_Energy_(2015–2016)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_Union_membership_referendum_(2016)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_Union_membership_referendum_(2016)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>European Union membership referendum (2016)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_Union_membership_referendum_(2016)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2016)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2016)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Conservative Party leadership candidate (2016)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2016)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Interviews" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interviews"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.1</span> <span>Interviews</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interviews-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alleged_exaggeration_of_pre-government_jobs_and_responsibilities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alleged_exaggeration_of_pre-government_jobs_and_responsibilities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.2</span> <span>Alleged exaggeration of pre-government jobs and responsibilities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alleged_exaggeration_of_pre-government_jobs_and_responsibilities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Comments_about_motherhood" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comments_about_motherhood"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.3</span> <span>Comments about motherhood</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comments_about_motherhood-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Questions_over_financial_affairs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Questions_over_financial_affairs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.4</span> <span>Questions over financial affairs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Questions_over_financial_affairs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Black_ops"_allegation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Black_ops"_allegation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.5</span> <span>"Black ops" allegation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Black_ops"_allegation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Withdrawal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Withdrawal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5.6</span> <span>Withdrawal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Withdrawal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_(2016–2017)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_(2016–2017)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2016–2017)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_(2016–2017)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons_(2017–2019)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons_(2017–2019)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Leader of the House of Commons (2017–2019)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons_(2017–2019)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2019)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2019)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Conservative Party leadership candidate (2019)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2019)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy_(2019–2020)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy_(2019–2020)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019–2020)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy_(2019–2020)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_backbench_career_(2020–2023)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_backbench_career_(2020–2023)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Later backbench career (2020–2023)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_backbench_career_(2020–2023)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Return_to_the_frontbench_and_departure_from_politics_(2023–2024)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Return_to_the_frontbench_and_departure_from_politics_(2023–2024)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Return to the frontbench and departure from politics (2023–2024)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Return_to_the_frontbench_and_departure_from_politics_(2023–2024)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Honours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" 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href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE" title="আন্দ্রেয়া লিডসম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আন্দ্রেয়া লিডসম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsomov%C3%A1" title="Andrea Leadsomová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Andrea Leadsomová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A4%EB%93%9C%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84_%EB%A0%88%EB%93%9C%EC%84%AC" title="앤드리아 레드섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="앤드리아 레드섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%9D" title="אנדראה לדסם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנדראה לדסם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85" title="اندريا ليدسوم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اندريا ليدسوم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0" title="アンドレア・レッドサム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アンドレア・レッドサム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC,_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B0" title="Ледсом, Андреа – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ледсом, Андреа" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsomov%C3%A1" title="Andrea Leadsomová – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Andrea Leadsomová" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Andrea Leadsom" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC" title="Андреа Ледсом – Ukrainian" lang="uk" 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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Vaccines_and_Public_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Energy">Minister of State for Energy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 2015 – 14 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Neville-Rolfe" title="Lucy Neville-Rolfe">The Baroness Neville-Rolfe</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 April 2014 – 11 May 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harriett_Baldwin" title="Harriett Baldwin">Harriett Baldwin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a></li><li>for <a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Northamptonshire</a></li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Bool" title="Sarah Bool">Sarah Bool</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Andrea Jacqueline Salmon</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-05-13</span>) </span>13 May 1963<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Ben Leadsom</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1993)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_Grammar_School" title="Tonbridge Grammar School">Tonbridge Grammar School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dame Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire">DBE</a></span></span> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/əm/: 'm' in 'rhythm'">əm</span></span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> <b>Salmon</b></span>; born 13 May 1963) is a British politician who served in various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> between 2014 and 2024. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, she was the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Northamptonshire</a> from 2010 to 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom served in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a> as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a> from 2016 to 2017, <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a> from 2017 to 2019 and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy">Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</a> from 2019 to 2020. She has twice run to become <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a>, in 2016 and 2019. </p><p>Leadsom was born in <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, in 1963. After graduating with a degree in political science at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a>, she began a career in finance including working as Institutional Banking Director at <a href="/wiki/Barclays" title="Barclays">Barclays</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later as Senior Investment Officer and Head of Corporate Governance at Invesco Perpetual.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was elected to the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>. She served as <a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a> and <a href="/wiki/City_Minister" title="City Minister">City Minister</a> from 2014 to 2015<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_for_Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State for Energy">Minister of State for Energy</a> from 2015 to 2016. Leadsom was a prominent member of the <a href="/wiki/Vote_Leave" title="Vote Leave">Leave campaign</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 referendum on EU membership</a>, with some claiming that she had impressed in TV debates.<sup id="cite_ref-ITV_Report_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITV_Report-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>'s resignation, Leadsom became one of five candidates in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2016 Conservative Party leadership election">2016 Conservative Party leadership election</a>. In the second round of voting by MPs, she came second to <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bulman_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bulman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> May appointed Leadsom as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which position she served from 2016 to 2017. Following the snap <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a>, Leadsom was appointed Leader of the House of Commons and <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a>. On 22 May 2019, she resigned in protest at May's Brexit strategy. Two days later, May announced her resignation as party leader, taking effect on 7 June.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom stood as a candidate to succeed May as leader of the Conservative Party in June 2019 but was eliminated in the first round of voting, finishing 8th out of 10 candidates with 11 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> as prime minister, Leadsom was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. She left the Cabinet in the <a href="/wiki/2020_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2020 British cabinet reshuffle">2020 cabinet reshuffle</a> and remained in the House of Commons as a <a href="/wiki/Backbencher" title="Backbencher">backbencher</a>, until 2023 when she returned to the frontbench as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Primary_Care_and_Public_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care</a> under Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a>. Leadsom announced that she would stand down from parliament at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_financial_career">Early life and financial career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and financial career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Andrea Salmon was born on 13 May 1963<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, the daughter of Richard and Judy Salmon (<i>née</i> Kitchin).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She attended <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_Grammar_School" title="Tonbridge Grammar School">Tonbridge Girls' Grammar School</a>, before studying Political Science at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When she was young Leadsom stacked shelves in <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s" title="Sainsbury's">Sainsbury's</a> and also worked as a waitress.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduation, Leadsom began a career in the <a href="/wiki/Financial_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial industry">financial sector</a> as a debt trader for <a href="/wiki/Barclays_de_Zoete_Wedd" class="mw-redirect" title="Barclays de Zoete Wedd">Barclays de Zoete Wedd</a>, the-then investment bank division of <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Barclays Bank">Barclays Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Arnold_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arnold-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom served as Barclays' Deputy Director in the Financial Institutions team from 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-reaction_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reaction-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this role, she said she was given a "ringside seat" in the collapse of <a href="/wiki/Barings_Bank" title="Barings Bank">Barings Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lessons_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lessons-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She clashed with the head of Barclays Investments who tried to persuade her to return to full-time work soon after a pregnancy, and she left the company in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Arnold_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arnold-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1997 to 1999, Leadsom served as managing director of De Putron Fund Management (DPFM).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998 she was promoted to board director for marketing.<sup id="cite_ref-CoCheck_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoCheck-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom was Head of Corporate Governance and a Senior Investment Officer at <a href="/wiki/Invesco_Perpetual" title="Invesco Perpetual">Invesco Perpetual</a> from 1999 to 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her role was to work on "special projects", mostly for the Chief Investment Officer, which included negotiating pay terms for senior fund managers. Towards the end of her time, she advised on a number of governance issues, but she had no-one reporting to her in either role.<sup id="cite_ref-reaction_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reaction-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kenber_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenber-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom was a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillor</a> on <a href="/wiki/South_Oxfordshire_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="South Oxfordshire District Council">South Oxfordshire District Council</a> between 2003 and 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-parl_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, Leadsom stood in <a href="/wiki/Knowsley_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Knowsley South">Knowsley South</a>, coming third with 12.3% of the vote behind the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Eddie_O%27Hara_(politician)" title="Eddie O'Hara (politician)">Eddie O'Hara</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> candidate. She was subsequently placed on the <a href="/wiki/A-List_(Conservative)" class="mw-redirect" title="A-List (Conservative)">Conservative A-List</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_parliamentary_career_(2010–2013)"><span id="Early_parliamentary_career_.282010.E2.80.932013.29"></span>Early parliamentary career (2010–2013)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early parliamentary career (2010–2013)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leadsom was selected as the <a href="/wiki/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate" title="Prospective parliamentary candidate">prospective parliamentary candidate</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Northamptonshire</a> in June 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-diary_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diary-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a>, Leadsom was elected as MP for South Northamptonshire with 55.2% of the vote and a majority of 20,478.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On entering the House of Commons she was elected as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Treasury_Select_Committee" title="Treasury Select Committee">Treasury Select Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She made her <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> on 22 June 2010, when she spoke of restoring health to the financial sector, drawing from personal experience in <a href="/wiki/Financial_regulation" title="Financial regulation">financial regulation</a>, particularly with <a href="/wiki/Barings_Bank" title="Barings Bank">Barings Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-maiden_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maiden-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2011, she co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Fresh_Start_Project" title="Fresh Start Project">Fresh Start Project</a> with fellow Conservative MPs <a href="/wiki/Chris_Heaton-Harris" title="Chris Heaton-Harris">Chris Heaton-Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Eustice" title="George Eustice">George Eustice</a> to "research and build support for realistic and far-reaching proposals for reforming the EU".<sup id="cite_ref-eureform_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eureform-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20160702_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20160702-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 October 2011, Leadsom was one of 81 Conservative MPs to defy the party whip and vote in favour of holding a referendum on the UK's membership of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-euscep_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euscep-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to a sharp ruction with the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a>, at the time, which she denies.<sup id="cite_ref-osborne_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osborne-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2012 she advocated for the removal of <a href="/wiki/Minimum_wage" title="Minimum wage">minimum wage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maternity_leave" class="mw-redirect" title="Maternity leave">maternity leave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unfair_dismissal" title="Unfair dismissal">unfair dismissal</a> legislation and <a href="/wiki/Pension" title="Pension">pensions</a> from British workers.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2012, during the <a href="/wiki/Libor_scandal" title="Libor scandal">Libor scandal</a>, she was widely reported on for her contribution to the <a href="/wiki/Treasury_Select_Committee" title="Treasury Select Committee">Treasury Select Committee</a>'s questioning of <a href="/wiki/Bob_Diamond_(banker)" title="Bob Diamond (banker)">Bob Diamond</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a subsequent hearing she questioned <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tucker_(banker)" title="Paul Tucker (banker)">Paul Tucker</a>, who stated that the previous government had not conspired with the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> to fix rates. In a BBC interview, Leadsom stated that the suggestion "has now been completely squashed by Paul Tucker", and that on that specific point, <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a> might want to apologise to Shadow Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls" title="Ed Balls">Ed Balls</a> for "suggesting he was implicated in rate fixing". She also pointed out that Balls "still [had] a huge amount to answer for in relation to the scandal and his time in office".<sup id="cite_ref-lib_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lib-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Smithson_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Smithson (politics)">Mike Smithson</a> suggested this could be a reason for Osborne to overlook her for a promotion in the 2012 cabinet reshuffle, despite the fact that "in terms of talent she must be right at the top of the list of 2010 newbies who should be promoted".<sup id="cite_ref-blackball_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackball-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom was one of five MPs to abstain from the <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill</a> by voting in both lobbies.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom had earlier said she found the wording of the legislation "unacceptable", and that voting no reflected the views of "so many" of her constituents, who felt that the bill was "deeply wrong",<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ultimately chose to abstain, saying, "I find myself genuinely torn...I cannot vote against a measure that would mean so much to the minority of homosexual couples for whom marriage is the ultimate recognition for their genuine feelings for each other. Yet nor can I vote for a measure that risks centuries of faith-based belief in marriage". During her Conservative Party leadership campaign in 2016, she stated she would have preferred a situation in which there were two types of services.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the vote, Leadsom stated, "I would like to make clear that I fully support the lifelong commitment that is made between any loving couple and that I believe the legal basis of a same sex marriage should be no different to that of a heterosexual couple".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Hansard_Society" title="Hansard Society">Hansard Society</a>'s annual parliamentary affairs lecture, Leadsom warned against the UK leaving the European Union, stating that "I think it would be a disaster for our economy and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving."<sup id="cite_ref-Independenta7116686_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independenta7116686-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013, Leadsom was appointed by <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Number_10_Policy_Unit" title="Number 10 Policy Unit">Number 10 Policy Unit</a>, with responsibility for part of the public services brief.<sup id="cite_ref-sop_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sop-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury_(2014–2015)"><span id="Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury_.282014.E2.80.932015.29"></span>Economic Secretary to the Treasury (2014–2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economic Secretary to the Treasury (2014–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 9 April 2014 Leadsom was appointed <a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a> following <a href="/wiki/Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a>'s resignation. She was also given the additional responsibility of <a href="/wiki/City_Minister" title="City Minister">City Minister</a>, a post which had previously been held concurrently with the position of <a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom was instrumental in introducing the UK Government's first Islamic bonds, the <a href="/wiki/Sukuk#United_Kingdom" title="Sukuk">Sukuk</a>. This was the first Islamic bond listed outside the Islamic world. Leadsom stated "the strong demand for the Sukuk not only delivers good value for money for the taxpayer, but also cements Britain's position as the western hub of Islamic finance and is a part of our long term economic plan to make Britain the undisputed centre of the global financial system."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a 2016 report in the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i>, her period as City Minister was described by an anonymous Treasury official as "a disaster". Another anonymous official said: "She found it difficult to understand issues or take decisions. She was monomaniacal, seeing the EU as the source of every problem. She alienated officials by continually complaining about poor drafting."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Donations_from_family_firm">Donations from family firm</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Donations from family firm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2014, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> revealed that Leadsom had received a series of donations totalling £70,000 to pay for printing and research costs for the company FSP over the course of three years. The company is owned by her brother in law, whose family is based in the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_13_July_2014_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent_13_July_2014-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom's husband Ben was a director of the firm which made the donations, which were used to pay the salaries of staff in Leadsom's Westminster office after her election as MP; the firm has also made donations of £816,000 to the Conservative party.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_8_July_2014_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_8_July_2014-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The firm making the donations, Gloucester Research, was based in London and therefore the donations conformed to the rule banning political donations from abroad. The Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(Labour_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Watson (Labour politician)">Tom Watson</a> said: "These very large donations might be within the rules, but it certainly isn't right that a Treasury minister has been taking money in this way. Most reasonable people will see this as completely unreasonable."<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_13_July_2014_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent_13_July_2014-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_State_for_Energy_(2015–2016)"><span id="Minister_of_State_for_Energy_.282015.E2.80.932016.29"></span>Minister of State for Energy (2015–2016)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Minister of State for Energy (2015–2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Leadsom was re-elected as MP for South Northamptonshire with an increased vote share of 60.1% and an increased majority of 26,416.<sup id="cite_ref-electoralcalculus_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electoralcalculus-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the general election, Leadsom, was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_Energy_and_Climate_Change" title="Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change">Minister of State</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Energy_and_Climate_Change" title="Department of Energy and Climate Change">Department of Energy and Climate Change</a>, reporting to <a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a> who was promoted to Secretary of State at the same department.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2015 Leadsom announced the end of taxpayer funded subsidies for onshore wind farms, stating "we now have enough onshore wind in the pipeline to be sufficient to meet our renewable electricity aims". This was a year earlier than was originally planned and was in line with the Conservative Party Manifesto.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before becoming Minister at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Leadsom had opposed wind farms and EU renewable energy targets. After her appointment she said "When I first came to this job one of my two questions was: 'Is <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> real?' and the other was 'Is <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydraulic fracturing">hydraulic fracturing</a> ["fracking"] safe?' And on both of those questions I am now completely persuaded."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Minister, Leadsom launched the consultation to ban microbeads, being personally opposed to them, stating "Most people would be dismayed to know the face scrub or toothpaste they use was causing irreversible damage to the environment, with billions of indigestible plastic pieces poisoning sea creatures. Adding plastic to products like face washes and body scrubs is wholly unnecessary when harmless alternatives can be used."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Union_membership_referendum_(2016)"><span id="European_Union_membership_referendum_.282016.29"></span>European Union membership referendum (2016)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: European Union membership referendum (2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leadsom took a prominent role in the campaign to leave the EU in <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">June 2016</a>. She argued that the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Governor of the Bank of England">Governor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Carney" title="Mark Carney">Mark Carney</a>, had destabilised financial markets and jeopardised the Bank's independence by warning of short-term negative effects on the economy caused by leaving the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20160429_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20160429-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian-20160515_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-20160515-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a televised debate on the referendum, Leadsom appeared on the "Leave" panel, along with <a href="/wiki/Gisela_Stuart" title="Gisela Stuart">Gisela Stuart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She disputed claims that the UK should pursue <a href="/wiki/European_single_market" title="European single market">single market</a> membership, saying that 80% of the world's economy, and most EU free-trade deals, are not within the single market. She also said that the UK economy is too large to need the single market, but is hindered by the slowness of EU trade procedures.<sup id="cite_ref-wilkinson_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wilkinson-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2016)"><span id="Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_.282016.29"></span>Conservative Party leadership candidate (2016)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Conservative Party leadership candidate (2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Immediately following the <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">result of the Brexit referendum</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> announced that he would resign as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister. Leadsom was one of the early favourites to become the next prime minister, and was also linked with a possible role as Chancellor.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 June 2016, she announced her <a href="/wiki/2016_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2016 Conservative Party leadership election">candidacy</a> to become <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)">leader of the Conservative Party</a>. Leadsom said she would trigger <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Consolidated_version_of_the_Treaty_on_European_Union/Title_VI:_Final_Provisions#Article_50" class="extiw" title="s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union/Title VI: Final Provisions">Article 50</a> immediately upon becoming prime minister, and conduct swift negotiations with the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first round of voting on 5 July 2016, <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> received support from 165 MPs, with Leadsom coming second with 66 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second ballot, Leadsom came second with 84 votes. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> was eliminated with 46 votes. Theresa May received 199 votes. On 11 July 2016, Leadsom announced she would be withdrawing her leadership bid, leaving Theresa May as the successor to <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc36763208_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc36763208-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interviews">Interviews</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Interviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> interview on 7 July 2016, Leadsom spoke of her disappointment about plotting in the leadership race, including alleged attempts by opponents to block her from the final ballot. She dismissed as "ridiculous" accusations that her biography was misleading, saying that her "incredibly varied" CV is "all absolutely true".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom promised to "banish the pessimists" and to provide prosperity for the UK if elected, and stated that she was committed to fair trade.<sup id="cite_ref-cowburn_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cowburn-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also stated that she would review the <a href="/wiki/Hunting_Act_2004" title="Hunting Act 2004">Hunting Act</a> with a focus on animal welfare if elected, and was asked about her concerns over the legislation passed to introduce same sex marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alleged_exaggeration_of_pre-government_jobs_and_responsibilities">Alleged exaggeration of pre-government jobs and responsibilities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Alleged exaggeration of pre-government jobs and responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 July 2016, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> and other news media published articles which said that Leadsom had overstated her private sector experience and responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenber_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenber-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They said that despite references her supporters had made to her managing "billions of pounds in funds" and her impressive-sounding job titles, she had held financial services regulator approval for only a brief three-month period in 10 years at Invesco Perpetual, and quoted former colleagues who said that she had exaggerated her level of involvement and her management responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-indy06072016_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy06072016-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bob Yerbury, former Chief Investment Officer at Invesco Perpetual and Leadsom's former manager, dismissed the controversy about how she described her time there and described her as "totally honest".<sup id="cite_ref-Mackintosh_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackintosh-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a>, a Leadsom supporter, described the reports as "a concerted effort to rubbish a stellar career".<sup id="cite_ref-indy06072016_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy06072016-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom then issued an amended CV, which <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> said listed both deputy financial institutions director, and financial institutions director roles at Barclays.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenber_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenber-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom defended her CV in a BBC interview, saying claims of it being exaggerated were "ridiculous". "I have not changed my CV," she said. "I was always very clear; I was senior investment officer working very closely with the chief investment officer. I have been very clear; I'm not a funds manager."<sup id="cite_ref-GPolLive7Jul2016_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GPolLive7Jul2016-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Financial_Services_Authority" title="Financial Services Authority">FSA</a> records she was authorised to manage money for only three months.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenber_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenber-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Comments_about_motherhood">Comments about motherhood</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Comments about motherhood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leadsom's comments in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> were interpreted as hinting that her being a mother meant that she was a better choice for Prime Minister than May, who has not been able to have children for health reasons, because it meant that she had "a very real stake" in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-Coates_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coates-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-graun09072016_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-graun09072016-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said that she "did not want this to be 'Andrea has children, Theresa hasn't' because I think that would be really horrible".<sup id="cite_ref-Coates_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coates-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <i>The Times</i> published the story, with the headline "Being a mother gives me an edge on May", Leadsom said that she was "disgusted" by the article, which was the "exact opposite of what I said".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC090716_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC090716-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Times</i> later released a partial transcript of the comments, and when Leadsom supporter <a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a> said that it was trying to "smear" Leadsom, <i>The Times</i> released an audio recording.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC090716_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC090716-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom's comments were widely criticised;<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with fellow Conservative MPs including <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Wollaston" title="Sarah Wollaston">Sarah Wollaston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Soubry" title="Anna Soubry">Anna Soubry</a> suggested that the remarks showed she lacked the judgement to be Prime Minister, and called upon her to withdraw.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Duncan" title="Alan Duncan">Alan Duncan</a> described her remarks as "vile".<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Questions_over_financial_affairs">Questions over financial affairs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Questions over financial affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leadsom promised to publish her tax returns<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when she made it to the final ballot of the leadership election. Three days later she published "one year of tax information after rival Theresa May released four years' worth of tax returns". Richard Murphy, director of Tax Research UK, a tax campaign group, said "This isn't her tax return, it's a tax computation...It's a summary of numerical information but not an explanation of where it came from or what tax is due. It excludes all the information that might be of interest, so she has not published her tax return.”<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""Black_ops"_allegation"><span id=".22Black_ops.22_allegation"></span>"Black ops" allegation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: "Black ops" allegation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Former conservative leader <a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a> alleged that the intensity and nature of the sniping at Leadsom revealed ulterior motives, unconnected to her fitness for the post, saying to journalist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Peston" title="Robert Peston">Robert Peston</a> that they indicated "a kind of real 'black-ops' operation to denigrate her reputation", writing later it constituted a "concerted and brutal attempt to destroy her character".<sup id="cite_ref-IDS_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IDS-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Allison_Pearson" title="Allison Pearson">Allison Pearson</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Telegraph" title="The Sunday Telegraph">The Sunday Telegraph</a></i> wrote, "I have no doubt whatsoever that Leadsom became the target of a brutal and sustained character assassination."<sup id="cite_ref-STelJuly10_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STelJuly10-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day she wrote, "Andrea Leadsom has nothing to be ashamed of: her conscience is clear. Those who sought to destroy her should examine theirs, if they can find it."<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Norman_Tebbit" title="Norman Tebbit">Norman Tebbit</a> described the efforts to remove her candidature as an intense smear campaign, saying that he suspected they may have arisen from her opposition to gay marriage as much as her Euroscepticism.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Withdrawal">Withdrawal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Withdrawal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 11 July 2016 Leadsom withdrew from the Conservative leadership election, stating that she did not have enough support for her cause, with only a quarter of the votes from the parliamentary party.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc36763208_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc36763208-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The previous day <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> had reported a rumour that up to 20 Tory MPs would quit the party if Leadsom won the leadership contest; this was later supported by reports in other news media<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but "denied by MPs" according to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her statement Leadsom said: "the interests of our country are best served by the immediate appointment of a strong and well-supported prime minister. I am therefore withdrawing from the leadership election, and I wish Mrs May the very greatest success." Her campaign manager, Tim Loughton MP, spoke about an "onslaught of often very personal attacks from colleagues and journalists" as well as "underhand tactics against decent people".<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her resignation statement she thanked the 84 MPs who had supported her, conceding that "this is less than 25% of the parliamentary party and ... I do not believe this is sufficient support to win a strong and stable government should I win the leadership election".<sup id="cite_ref-Bulman_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bulman-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her appointment as a Cabinet minister, other comments that Leadsom had made during the leadership race came to light and also led to criticism. During the 6 July 2016 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she had stated that men were more likely to be paedophiles than women, and hence were not suitable to be hired for jobs in daycare.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_(2016–2017)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Environment.2C_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_.282016.E2.80.932017.29"></span>Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2016–2017)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2016–2017)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 14 July 2016, following <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>'s election as <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a>, and the formation of the <a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">first May ministry</a>, Leadsom was appointed to the cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2017, following the announcement of the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">general election</a> in June, Leadsom delayed a report of illegally high levels of diesel pollution affecting over half the population until after the election. Constitutional experts Jo Murkens and Colin Talbot agreed it was a health issue and therefore not affected by the election and the government was instructed to appear in the high court to explain the delay.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her role as head of the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs">Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a>, Leadsom stated she was "personally deeply committed to the importance of ensuring clean air".<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the anniversary of the Brexit vote, Leadsom was invited to discuss progress on <i><a href="/wiki/Newsnight" title="Newsnight">Newsnight</a></i> and said that the government had made "a good start". While being interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Maitlis" title="Emily Maitlis">Emily Maitlis</a>, Leadsom suggested broadcasters should be "a little more patriotic".<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Farron" title="Tim Farron">Tim Farron</a> described her remarks as "a sinister threat to the free media", a comment echoed by <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Rifkind" title="Hugo Rifkind">Hugo Rifkind</a> in <i>The Times</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whilst <i><a href="/wiki/Peston_on_Sunday" title="Peston on Sunday">Peston on Sunday</a></i> mockingly displayed his patriotism by decorating the studio with <a href="/wiki/Union_Jacks" title="Union Jacks">Union Jacks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons_(2017–2019)"><span id="Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons_.282017.E2.80.932019.29"></span>Leader of the House of Commons (2017–2019)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Leader of the House of Commons (2017–2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Andrea_Leadsom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Official_portrait_of_Andrea_Leadsom.jpg/172px-Official_portrait_of_Andrea_Leadsom.jpg" decoding="async" width="172" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Official_portrait_of_Andrea_Leadsom.jpg/258px-Official_portrait_of_Andrea_Leadsom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Official_portrait_of_Andrea_Leadsom.jpg/344px-Official_portrait_of_Andrea_Leadsom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3797" data-file-height="5315" /></a><figcaption>Leadsom's official parliamentary portrait after being re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At the snap <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a>, Leadsom was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 62.5% and a decreased majority of 22,840.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the election, on 11 June 2017, Leadsom was appointed <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a>. </p><p>In July 2017, while attempting to eulogise <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>, who was about to feature on the new £10 note scheduled to go into circulation in September, Leadsom told the House of Commons: "I would just add one other great lady to that lovely list, who I am delighted to join in celebrating, and that's that of Jane Austen, who will feature on the new £10 note, which I think is one of our greatest living authors." Amid laughs from both benches, she corrected herself, adding: "Greatest ever authors, and I think it's fantastic that at last we are starting to recognise – well I think many of us probably wish she were still living – but I absolutely share the sentiment."<sup id="cite_ref-Austen_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Austen-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 July 2018, Leadsom proposed, as an amendment to the Independent Complaints and Grievance Policy, that the identity of any MP under investigation by the commissioner for standards should be kept confidential.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 January 2019, Leadsom was criticised in the House of Commons by the Speaker of the House, <a href="/wiki/John_Bercow" title="John Bercow">John Bercow</a> for the failure of the government to advance the cause of <a href="/wiki/Proxy_voting" title="Proxy voting">proxy voting</a> for expectant mothers. The issue came to a head due to the imminent caesarean section delivery by <a href="/wiki/Tulip_Siddiq" title="Tulip Siddiq">Tulip Siddiq</a> at the time of the rescheduled <a href="/wiki/Meaningful_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Meaningful vote">meaningful vote</a> on 15 January 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 January 2019, Leadsom said the House of Commons' February <a href="/wiki/Recess_(parliamentary_procedure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Recess (parliamentary procedure)">recess</a> from 15 to 24 February would be cancelled to free up time to pass the necessary <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_Agreement_and_Implementation_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill">Brexit-related legislation</a>. Earlier in the day, her cabinet colleague <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Hunt" title="Jeremy Hunt">Jeremy Hunt</a> raised the possibility of Brexit being delayed with a technical extension to Article 50. <i>The Times</i> reported that senior Government ministers feared that it was already too late to meet the Brexit deadline of 29 March, and that Conservative MPs had been told that a one-line whip was expected to be imposed on votes in the Commons during the week of 18–22 February.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 May 2019, Leadsom stated she was "seriously considering" a bid for the party leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leadsom resigned as Leader of the House of Commons on 22 May, the eve of <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">the European elections</a>, as a result of Theresa May's most recent Brexit proposals, including the offer of votes in the House of Commons on a customs union and a second referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_(2019)"><span id="Conservative_Party_leadership_candidate_.282019.29"></span>Conservative Party leadership candidate (2019)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Conservative Party leadership candidate (2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="2019 Conservative Party leadership election">2019 Conservative Party leadership election</a></div> <p>Leadsom officially announced her candidacy for the party leadership on 25 May 2019, the same day that <a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a> also announced they were running. She was eliminated from the contest in the first ballot, on 13 June 2019, and came overall in eighth place out of ten candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy_(2019–2020)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Business.2C_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy_.282019.E2.80.932020.29"></span>Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019–2020)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2019–2020)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy,_the_Rt_Hon_Andrea_Leadsom_MP,_speaking_at_the_UK-Africa_Investment_Summit_in_London,_20_January_202020200120145836ZJW_4715_(49419153386).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/UK_Secretary_of_State_for_Business%2C_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy%2C_the_Rt_Hon_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%2C_speaking_at_the_UK-Africa_Investment_Summit_in_London%2C_20_January_202020200120145836ZJW_4715_%2849419153386%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/UK_Secretary_of_State_for_Business%2C_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy%2C_the_Rt_Hon_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%2C_speaking_at_the_UK-Africa_Investment_Summit_in_London%2C_20_January_202020200120145836ZJW_4715_%2849419153386%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/UK_Secretary_of_State_for_Business%2C_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy%2C_the_Rt_Hon_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%2C_speaking_at_the_UK-Africa_Investment_Summit_in_London%2C_20_January_202020200120145836ZJW_4715_%2849419153386%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4016" data-file-height="6016" /></a><figcaption>Leadsom, as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy">Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</a>, speaking at a UK-Africa Investment Summit in 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>On 24 July 2019, following <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>'s election as <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Leader of the Conservative Party</a>, and the formation of the <a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">first Johnson ministry</a>, Leadsom was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Energy_and_Industrial_Strategy" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy">Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy</a>. </p><p>On 19 October, she said she was subject to "frightening abuse" from anti-Brexit demonstrators whilst leaving the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a> were also targeted as they left following a House of Commons sitting. Leadsom was given a <a href="/wiki/Police_escort" title="Police escort">police escort</a> through crowds gathered for a <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Vote" title="People's Vote">People's Vote</a> rally, who were protesting for a further public vote on Brexit.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, Leadsom was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 62.4% and an increased majority of 27,761.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020 the environmental law charity <a href="/wiki/ClientEarth" title="ClientEarth">ClientEarth</a> unsuccessfully sued the UK Government after Leadsom approved proposals for the expansion of the gas-fired <a href="/wiki/Drax_Power_Station" title="Drax Power Station">Drax Power Station</a> in Yorkshire. According to the charity, the power station could produce 75% of the UK's energy sector emissions when fully operational and would become the largest gas-fired power station in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 February 2020, Leadsom was dismissed as Business Secretary by <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> in the first <a href="/wiki/2020_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2020 British cabinet reshuffle">cabinet reshuffle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">second Johnson ministry</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_backbench_career_(2020–2023)"><span id="Later_backbench_career_.282020.E2.80.932023.29"></span>Later backbench career (2020–2023)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Later backbench career (2020–2023)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PMQs_and_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%27s_statement_to_the_House_(4th_March_2020)_19.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/PMQs_and_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%27s_statement_to_the_House_%284th_March_2020%29_19.jpg/220px-PMQs_and_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%27s_statement_to_the_House_%284th_March_2020%29_19.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/PMQs_and_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%27s_statement_to_the_House_%284th_March_2020%29_19.jpg/330px-PMQs_and_Andrea_Leadsom_MP%27s_statement_to_the_House_%284th_March_2020%29_19.jpg 1.5x, 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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day this decision was "u-turned" by the government over a backlash.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2022, Leadsom announced support for <a href="/wiki/Penny_Mordaunt" title="Penny Mordaunt">Penny Mordaunt</a> in the <a href="/wiki/July_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">Conservative Party leadership election</a><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as Mordaunt's campaign manager.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Mordaunt was eliminated, she endorsed <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following <a href="/wiki/October_2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis" title="October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis">Truss's resignation as prime minister</a> on 20 October, she once again supported Mordaunt for leader as a "unifying candidate".<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_the_frontbench_and_departure_from_politics_(2023–2024)"><span id="Return_to_the_frontbench_and_departure_from_politics_.282023.E2.80.932024.29"></span>Return to the frontbench and departure from politics (2023–2024)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Return to the frontbench and departure from politics (2023–2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrea_Leadsom_visits_Dunstable_South_Children%27s_Centre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Andrea_Leadsom_visits_Dunstable_South_Children%27s_Centre.jpg/220px-Andrea_Leadsom_visits_Dunstable_South_Children%27s_Centre.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Andrea_Leadsom_visits_Dunstable_South_Children%27s_Centre.jpg/330px-Andrea_Leadsom_visits_Dunstable_South_Children%27s_Centre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Andrea_Leadsom_visits_Dunstable_South_Children%27s_Centre.jpg/440px-Andrea_Leadsom_visits_Dunstable_South_Children%27s_Centre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8005" data-file-height="5339" /></a><figcaption>Leadsom, as the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Primary_Care_and_Public_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care, Start for Life and Public Health</a>, visits a <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's Centre">Children's Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dunstable" title="Dunstable">Dunstable</a>, in 2023</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/November_2023_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle">November 2023 British cabinet reshuffle</a>, Leadsom returned to the frontbench as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Primary_Care_and_Public_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care, Start for Life and Public Health</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 May 2024, Leadsom announced that she would stand down at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She subsequently left her ministerial position upon the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Leadsom married business manager Ben Leadsom in 1993, and the couple have two sons and one daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-ww_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the birth of her first child, she suffered from <a href="/wiki/Postnatal_depression" class="mw-redirect" title="Postnatal depression">postnatal depression</a> for several months.<sup id="cite_ref-lobby_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lobby-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom was a founder of the Northamptonshire Parent Infant Partnership, a charity providing therapeutic support to help parents bond with their babies who have <a href="/wiki/Attachment_theory" title="Attachment theory">insecure attachment</a>, and also founded PIPUK, the national charity for Parent Infant Partnerships which set up branches in four further counties since its inception.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NORPIP was originally set up with funding from the Ana Leaf Foundation, of which Leadsom's sister Hayley, wife of <a href="/wiki/Peter_de_Putron" title="Peter de Putron">Peter de Putron</a>, is a trustee.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leadsom states that <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> has a central role in her life. She told Tim Ross of <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>: "I am a very committed Christian. I think my values and everything I do is driven by that." She participates in "various <a href="/wiki/Bible_study_(Christianity)" title="Bible study (Christianity)">Bible studies</a> groups" with other parliamentarians and prays "all the time".<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20160702_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20160702-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has discussed her Christian faith openly in a video hosted on the website of the all party <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_group" title="Parliamentary group">parliamentary group</a> Christians in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph-20160702_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-20160702-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2022, Leadsom's memoir <i>Snakes and Ladders</i> was published by <a href="/wiki/Biteback_Publishing" title="Biteback Publishing">Biteback</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2016: Appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council of the United Kingdom</a>, giving her the <a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">honorific title</a> "<a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a>" for life.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021: Appointed <a href="/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (DBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2021_Birthday_Honours" title="2021 Birthday Honours">2021 Birthday Honours</a> for political service.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrea_Leadsom&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Snakes and Ladders: Navigating the ups and downs of politics</i> (London: Biteback Publishing, 2022) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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.reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnna_Firth2016" class="citation web cs1">Anna Firth (29 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHy2ANVEIvc">"Andrea Leadsom on Newsnight"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160707155835/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHy2ANVEIvc">Archived</a> from the original on 7 July 2016 – via YouTube.</cite><span 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href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alister_Jack" title="Alister Jack">Alister Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Sharma" title="Alok Sharma">Alok Sharma</a></li> <li><a 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height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/200px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="1256" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Also attended meetings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Berry" title="Jake Berry">Jake Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Cox_(British_politician)" title="Geoffrey Cox (British politician)">Geoffrey Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zac_Goldsmith" title="Zac Goldsmith">Zac Goldsmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwasi_Kwarteng" title="Kwasi Kwarteng">Kwasi Kwarteng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Spencer_(British_politician)" title="Mark Spencer (British politician)">Mark Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Departures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Cairns" title="Alun Cairns">Alun Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Johnson" title="Jo Johnson">Jo Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Rudd" title="Amber Rudd">Amber Rudd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_Johnson_cabinet_(December_2019_–_September_2022)172" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">Second Johnson cabinet</a> (December 2019 – September 2022)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cabinet members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Barclay" title="Steve Barclay">Steve Barclay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Buckland" title="Robert Buckland">Robert Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Clark" title="Greg Clark">Greg Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Coffey" title="Thérèse Coffey">Thérèse Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadine_Dorries" title="Nadine Dorries">Nadine Dorries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eustice" title="George Eustice">George Eustice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Evans,_Baroness_Evans_of_Bowes_Park" title="Natalie Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park">The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alister_Jack" title="Alister Jack">Alister Jack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwasi_Kwarteng" title="Kwasi Kwarteng">Kwasi Kwarteng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Malthouse" title="Kit Malthouse">Kit Malthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priti_Patel" title="Priti Patel">Priti Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Rees-Mogg" title="Jacob Rees-Mogg">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Shapps" title="Grant Shapps">Grant Shapps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alok_Sharma" title="Alok Sharma">Alok Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne-Marie_Trevelyan" title="Anne-Marie Trevelyan">Anne-Marie Trevelyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shailesh_Vara" title="Shailesh Vara">Shailesh Vara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(politician)" title="Ben Wallace (politician)">Ben Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi" title="Nadhim Zahawi">Nadhim Zahawi</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(HM_Government)_(St_Edwards_Crown).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Government Coat of Arms." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/100px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg/150px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%28HM_Government%29_%28St_Edwards_Crown%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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Heaton-Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer_(politician)" title="Johnny Mercer (politician)">Johnny Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Spencer_(British_politician)" title="Mark Spencer (British politician)">Mark Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Stephenson" title="Andrew Stephenson">Andrew Stephenson</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_departures_from_the_second_Johnson_ministry" title="List of departures from the second Johnson ministry">Departures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Berry" title="Jake Berry">Jake Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Cox_(British_politician)" title="Geoffrey Cox (British politician)">Geoffrey Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Donelan" title="Michelle Donelan">Michelle Donelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Dowden" title="Oliver Dowden">Oliver Dowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Frost,_Baron_Frost" title="David Frost, Baron Frost">The Lord Frost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hancock" title="Matt Hancock">Matt Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hart" title="Simon Hart">Simon Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenrick" title="Robert Jenrick">Robert Jenrick</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Andrea Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Lewis" title="Brandon Lewis">Brandon Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Milling" title="Amanda Milling">Amanda Milling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">The Baroness Morgan of Cotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Villiers" title="Theresa Villiers">Theresa Villiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Leaders_of_the_House_of_Commons66" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Walpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sandys,_1st_Baron_Sandys" title="Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys">Sandys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham" title="Henry Pelham">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Robinson,_1st_Baron_Grantham" title="Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fox,_1st_Baron_Holland" title="Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland">H. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">Pitt the Elder</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1757_caretaker_ministry" title="1757 caretaker ministry">Vacant (caretaker ministry)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">Pitt the Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grenville" title="George Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fox,_1st_Baron_Holland" title="Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland">H. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grenville" title="George Grenville">Grenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Seymour_Conway" title="Henry Seymour Conway">Conway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Fox" title="Charles James Fox">C. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Townshend,_1st_Viscount_Sydney" title="Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney">Townshend</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Fox" title="Charles James Fox">C. Fox</a>/<a href="/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North" title="Frederick North, Lord North">North</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">Pitt the Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington" title="Henry Addington">Addington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">Pitt the Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Fox" title="Charles James Fox">C. Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey" title="Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey">Howick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Perceval" title="Spencer Perceval">Perceval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stewart,_Viscount_Castlereagh" title="Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh">Castlereagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Canning" title="George Canning">Canning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Huskisson" title="William Huskisson">Huskisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_3rd_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer">Althorp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Palmerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Palmerston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Northcote,_1st_Earl_of_Iddesleigh" title="Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh">Northcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hicks_Beach,_1st_Earl_St_Aldwyn" title="Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn">Hicks-Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Randolph_Churchill" title="Lord Randolph Churchill">R. Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(1825%E2%80%931891)" title="William Henry Smith (1825–1891)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Balfour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">Gladstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Harcourt_(politician)" title="William Harcourt (politician)">Harcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Balfour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Campbell-Bannerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">Asquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austen_Chamberlain" title="Austen Chamberlain">A. Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">N. Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">W. Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Cripps" title="Stafford Cripps">Cripps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Morrison" title="Herbert Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Chuter_Ede" title="James Chuter Ede">Chuter Ede</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Crookshank" title="Harry Crookshank">Crookshank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iain_Macleod" title="Iain Macleod">Macleod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_Lloyd" title="Selwyn Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Bowden,_Baron_Aylestone" title="Herbert Bowden, Baron Aylestone">Bowden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Crossman" title="Richard Crossman">Crossman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Peart,_Baron_Peart" title="Fred Peart, Baron Peart">Peart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whitelaw" title="William Whitelaw">Whitelaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carr" title="Robert Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Prior" title="Jim Prior">Prior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara" title="Edward Short, Baron Glenamara">Short</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Foot" title="Michael Foot">Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_St_John-Stevas" title="Norman St John-Stevas">St John-Stevas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Pym" title="Francis Pym">Pym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Biffen" title="John Biffen">Biffen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wakeham" title="John Wakeham">Wakeham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Howe" title="Geoffrey Howe">Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_MacGregor,_Baron_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market" title="John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market">MacGregor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Newton,_Baron_Newton_of_Braintree" title="Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton" title="Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Beckett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Cook" title="Robin Cook">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan" title="John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Hain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hoon" title="Geoff Hoon">Hoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Straw" title="Jack Straw">Straw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Cookham" title="George Young, Baron Young of Cookham">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lansley" title="Andrew Lansley">Lansley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">Hague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grayling" title="Chris Grayling">Grayling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lidington" title="David Lidington">Lidington</a></li> <li><a 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data-file-height="1256" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Also attended meetings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gauke" title="David Gauke">David Gauke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gummer" title="Ben Gummer">Ben Gummer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Halfon" title="Robert Halfon">Robert Halfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a></li> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Second_May_Cabinet141" 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Leadsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Raab" title="Dominic Raab">Dominic Raab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Stewart" title="Rory Stewart">Rory Stewart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="Endorsements in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election">Endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2019_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election">Opinion polling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#0087DC;color:white;"><div>* <i>Withdrew after first ballot</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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