Andrew Stunell OBE (born 24 November 1942) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Liberal Democrat member of Parliament for Hazel Grove, and was first elected in 1997. He is the Lib Dems' Chief Whip and Energy Spokesperson. He is also a member of the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons.
He was born in Sutton , Surrey and educated at Surbiton Grammar School, the University of Manchester and Liverpool Polytechnic (now Liverpool John Moores University). After graduation he was an architectural assistant until 1989. From 1989 to 1996 he worked as Political Secretary of the Association of Liberal Democratic Councillors and was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1993. In 2003 he won the regular ballot of Private Member's Bills and was successful in having his Bill, Sustainable and Secure Buildings, become an Act of Parliament in 2004.
He is married with five children and is a former Baptist lay preacher and is now an active member of his local Methodist church.
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