Member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton
In office 4 May 2000 – 1 May 2008
Preceded by
Constituency created
Succeeded by
Steve O'Connell
Personal details
Born
(1959-08-20) 20 August 1959 (age 64) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Political party
Conservative (1980–2007)
Independent (2007–2011; 2022)
Labour (2011–2022)
Liberal Democrats (2023–present)
Alma mater
New College, Oxford
Andrew John Pelling (born 20 August 1959) is a British politician. First elected as a Conservative he was an independent Member of Parliament for Croydon Central and on 30 March 2010 announced his intention to contest the seat as an independent at the 2010 general election,[1] but lost the seat to his former party. He was also a member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton and a councillor in Croydon. Pelling later became a member of the Labour Party in February 2011; he was subsequently expelled from Labour in February 2022.[2] In early 2024 he announced he had joined the Liberal Democrats, and he stood for the party in the Park Hill and Whitgift by-election on 2 May 2024 but was defeated by Conservative Andrew Price.
^Press Association (30 March 2010). "Tories dealt blow as MP Andrew Pelling announces he will stand as independent". The Guardian. Croydon Central MP had whip removed in 2007 but will fight seat again at election – potentially splitting Tory vote in key marginal. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
^"Croydon councillor expelled from Labour after demanding leader resign over Fairfield Halls". My London. 22 February 2022.
Andrew John Pelling (born 20 August 1959) is a British politician. First elected as a Conservative he was an independent Member of Parliament for Croydon...
At the 2010 general election he defeated the sitting Independent MP, AndrewPelling, who had previously been elected as a Conservative. Barwell gained 39...
within the party they represented at the 2019 General Election) include Andrew Bridgen, Angus MacNeil and Claudia Webbe. Candidates in bold were MPs at...
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resigned the Labour whip and became an Independent from 16 September 2007. AndrewPelling (Croydon Central) — suspended from Conservative party and sat as an...
Rowan Dorothy Pelling (born 17 January 1968) is a British journalist, broadcaster, writer and stand-up comedian who first achieved note as the editor...
incumbent Labour councillors running again except that AndrewPelling ran as an Independent. Pelling had been terminated as a Labour member for being pro...
councillor, Scully worked as a parliamentary aide for Conservative MPs AndrewPelling, Shailesh Vara and Alok Sharma, and set up a public relations company...
Paula Pell (born April 15, 1963) is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress. She is best known for her work as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy...
not stand again at the 2005 election, when the Conservative candidate AndrewPelling recaptured the seat from Davies. Congdon is now retired and lives, with...
time as the council. Notable former councillors include former MPs AndrewPelling, Vivian Bendall, David Congdon, Geraint Davies and Reg Prentice, London...
database for up to six years. In January 2009, Member of Parliament AndrewPelling was questioned after photographing roadworks near a railway station...
Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Pell died on July 17, 1961, in Munich, West Germany at the age of 77, while touring Europe with his grandson, Herbert Pell III. His...
Parliament (1964–83) for Nottingham Central and then Nottingham East AndrewPelling, politician, former MP for Croydon Central Daniel Zeichner, politician...
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Independent Bob Spink Castle Point 2001 Rebecca Harris Conservative Party AndrewPelling Croydon Central 2005 Gavin Barwell Conservative Party Frank Cook Stockton...
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