Andrew Sharpe, Baron Sharpe Of Epsom
Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe, Baron Sharpe of Epsom, OBE (born June 1965) is an investment banker and British Conservative politician based in Surrey, serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office since September 2022.
The Lord Sharpe of Epsom | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
| Assumed office 20 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | The Lord Murray of Blidworth |
| Lord-in-waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 20 September 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2020 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe June 1965 (age 58) |
Sharpe was originally a policeman in Hong Kong, before migrating to the UK in the early 1990s, where he began working as a merchant banker.
Sharpe was the President of the National Conservative Convention from 2017 to 2018 and was its Chairman until July 2021. Sharpe was also Vice Chair of the Policy Forum. He has worked to promote voluntary involvement in senior levels of the Conservative Party's organisation.
Parliamentary career
Sharpe was nominated for a Life Peerage in the 2020 Political Honours by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He was created Baron Sharpe of Epsom on 15 September and introduced to the House of Lords on 12 October. He made his maiden speech on 16 December 2020. He was appointed to the front bench in October 2021 in Johnson's Reshuffle.
Prominently, Sharpe piloted the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 through the Lords for the Government.
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