Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by
David Taylor
Majority
20,400 (37.9%)
Personal details
Born
(1964-10-28) 28 October 1964 (age 59)[1] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
Political party
Independent (since 2023)
Other political affiliations
Conservative (1981–2023)
Reclaim (May–December 2023)
Spouses
Jacqueline Cremin
(m. 2000; div. 2012)
Nevena Pavlovic
(m. 2017)
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Nottingham
Occupation
Politician
businessman
Website
Website
Andrew James Bridgen[2] (born 28 October 1964) is a British politician and businessman who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire since 2010. He was a member of the Conservative Party until his expulsion in April 2023, having had the whip suspended in January after criticising the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and claiming that an Israeli cardiologist told him it constitutes "the biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust".[3] He joined the Reclaim Party in May 2023[4][5] but resigned from the party in December 2023.
In his parliamentary career, he has supported efforts to remove Conservative prime ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Liz Truss from office.[6][7][8][9] He is a prominent supporter of Brexit. In January 2023, Bridgen was suspended from the House of Commons for five days[10][11] after the house voted in favour of the recommendations of the Commons Select Committee on Standards which found that he had repeatedly breached rules over paid lobbying and declaring interests and that he also attempted to pressure the commissioner investigating his lobbying breaches.[12]
^"Andrew Bridgen MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^"No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8743.
^ Walker, Peter (26 April 2023). "Former Tory MP Andrew Bridgen expelled permanently from party". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^"Andrew Bridgen: MP expelled by Tories after Covid vaccine comments". BBC News. 26 April 2023.
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^"Tory MP Summoned By Whips After Calling For Cameron To Go". HuffPost UK. 10 June 2013.
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^Hope, Christopher (13 January 2022). "Brexiteer becomes fifth Tory MP this week to submit Boris Johnson no confidence letter". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^Penna, Dominic (16 October 2022). "Jamie Wallis becomes third Tory MP to urge Liz Truss to quit". The Telegraph.
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^Martin, Daniel (11 January 2023). "Andrew Bridgen loses Tory whip after comparing Covid vaccine to the Holocaust". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^Walker, Peter (3 November 2022). "Tory MP Andrew Bridgen faces suspension over lobbying breaches". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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