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Andrew George

Andrew George MP

Liberal DemocratSt Ives
[email protected]Profile on parliament.uk

Divisions tracked

590

in which this MP is listed

Aye

218

voted in favour

No

184

voted against

No vote recorded

188

not an absence rate

Notable Commons divisions

Divisions this site tracks in which Andrew George is listed by the House of Commons, including those where the Commons recorded no vote for them. Positions and vote counts come from the House of Commons Votes API and are reproduced exactly as published — they are never re-worded, re-mapped or inferred.

Profile

Andrew George is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for St Ives, a seat he first won at the May 1997 general election.

His parliamentary service consists of two spells: from May 1997 to March 2015, and from July 2024 to the present. He represented the constituency of St Ives (styled St. Ives until May 2010) throughout. He contested the seat unsuccessfully at the April 1992, May 2015, June 2017, and December 2019 general elections.

He held opposition front-bench posts including Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) from June 1997 to June 2005, Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) from June 1999 to June 2001, Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) again from June 2002 to June 2005, and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development from May 2005 to March 2006. His select committee service includes the Agriculture Committee from July 1997 to November 1999, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee from November 2007 to May 2010, the Health and Social Care Committee from July 2010 to March 2015, and the same committee since October 2024.

Generated by AI from public data. May contain errors. It never describes a vote — recorded positions appear only in the list above.

Contact

Constituency:
St Ives
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
None recorded
Parliament:
https://members.parliament.uk/member/227

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP for St Ives?
Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) is the Member of Parliament for the St Ives constituency in Cornwall.
How can Andrew George MP be contacted?
By email at [email protected]. Full contact details are published on the MP's parliament.uk page at https://members.parliament.uk/member/227.
How has Andrew George voted in the House of Commons?
This site tracks 178 notable Commons divisions in which Andrew George is listed by the House of Commons. Each entry shows what the Commons published for them in that division — an aye, a no, a tellership, or that no vote was recorded — alongside the house-wide result. Nothing is inferred: the Commons records no abstentions, so a division with no vote recorded is reported as exactly that and no further.
What is the difference between an MP and a Cornwall councillor?
An MP sits in the House of Commons and votes on national law, tax and spending. A Cornwall councillor sits on Cornwall Council and votes on local services such as planning, waste, highways and council tax. The two are elected separately, at different elections, over different boundaries.