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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Burnham was born Old Roan |
Burnham was born in Old Roan in ], ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://andy4leader.com/about|title=Andy's biography from his Andy4Leader web-site}}</ref> the son of a telephone engineer father and a receptionist mother, and brought up in ], near ] where his family moved to when his father was promoted to a job in ]. He was educated at St. Lewis' Primary School and ] in ] and the ], where he read English at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/MinistersandDepartmentLeaders/Ministers/Ministersbiography/DH_100325 |title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Biography of Andy Burnham : Department of Health — About us |publisher=Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref> | ||
=== Joining the Labour Party === | === Joining the Labour Party === | ||
Burnham joined the Labour Party aged 14 in 1984,<ref> BACTA, 28 January 2008</ref> during the ], and was a researcher to ] from 1994 until the ]. He joined the ] in 1995. After the 1997 election, he was briefly a ] for the ] from August to December 1997, before taking up the post as an administrator with the Football Task Force for a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jan/26/uk.media|title=New culture secretary keeps an open mind on licence fee|last=Woodward|first=Will|date=26 January 2008|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=12 October 2008 | location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20081005143739/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jan/26/uk.media| archivedate= 5 October 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> | |||
In 1998, he became a ] to the then |
In 1998, he became a ] to the then ], ], a position he remained in until his election to ] in ]. | ||
== Member of Parliament == | == Member of Parliament == | ||
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=== In Opposition === | === In Opposition === | ||
⚫ | Following the resignation of ] as Leader of the Labour Party after the ], Andy Burnham declared his intention to stand in the subsequent ].<ref>{{citation|title =Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott join Labour leadership race|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7743790/Andy-Burnham-and-Diane-Abbott-join-Labour-leadership-race.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=19 May 2010|accessdate=29 May 2010 | location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100528025203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7743790/Andy-Burnham-and-Diane-Abbott-join-Labour-leadership-race.html| archivedate= 28 May 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> He launched his leadership campaign in his Leigh constituency on 26 May.<ref> BBC News, 26 May 2010</ref> Burnham led on his philosophy of "aspirational socialism", aligning himself with ]'s campaign to end unpaid internships. He also made key policy commitments to the creation of a National Care Service and also called for inheritance tax to be replaced with a land value tax instead. The leadership contest was eventually won by ]. Burnham finished fourth. | ||
⚫ | Burnham continued in his role as Shadow Health Secretary, and at the end of September 2010 he openly criticised new Prime Minister ] for the ]-] ] Government's public spending cuts and health reforms to the NHS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/09/30/rushed-nhs-cuts-warning-115875-22596949/ |title='Rushed' NHS cuts warning — Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date=2010-09-30 |accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref> In 2011 Burnham was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Co-ordinator for the Labour Party. | ||
Following the election of Ed Miliband as Leader, Burnham stood and was elected to the ]. He was appointed ]. In this role, he organised Labour's opposition to raising tuition fees to £9,000. Burnham had previously voted to introduce top up fees in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/andy_burnham/leigh |title=Andy Burnham MP, Leigh |publisher=TheyWorkForYou |date= |accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref> | |||
He was criticised for his attack on the teaching of the classics. Professor Beard criticised him for his repeated "pot shot or two at Latin", and invited him to visit Cambridge's Greek and Latin department, an offer which his office refused. She added: "It's all a pretty cheap trick – particularly if (as I suspect) you don't really have much idea what studying Latin is all about. | |||
<ref>{{cite web|author=Sarah Morrison |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/professor-hits-back-at-mps-over-latin-jibes-7878773.html |title=Professor hits back at MPs over Latin jibes |publisher=The Independent |date=2012-06-24 |accessdate=2013-04-09}}</ref> | |||
After a year, Burnham was moved back to Shadow Health Secretary in a reshuffle. | |||
== Expenses claims == | |||
'']'''s revelation of expenses claims by Members of Parliament showed that Burnham requested the Commons Fees Office for the £16,644 cost of renovations and work on a London flat he was buying. The claims, which included a new kitchen were at first rejected. Burnham had written three notes asking for the money to be paid, including one at Christmas 2005 complaining "Otherwise I might be in line for divorce!" Ultimately the Fees Office accepted the claim and reimbursed Burnham. The Fees Office refused to pay a June 2006 claim for mortgage interest which covered both the ] flat and Burnham's constituency home, and also a mortgage claim which included capital repayment. The rules allowed reimbursement of mortgage interest only and on one home at a time. Burnham also attempted to claim £19.99 for a bathrobe and £0.99 for a toothbrush from ], which was rejected by officials; Burnham said it was a "genuine oversight".<ref name="Renovations">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5293553/MPs-expenses-Andy-Burnhams-battle-over-claim.html|author=Robert Winnett|publisher=Daily Telegraph|title=Andy Burnham's battle over claim|date=8 May 2009|accessdate=4 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref> | |||
Mr Burnham faced even more expenses questions when the Daily Mail revealed he rented out his taxpayer funded London flat and then moved into a rented flat also paid for by expenses. This followed a rule change that MP's were only permitted to claim rent and not mortgage interest payments. | |||
== Political controversy == | == Political controversy == | ||
250,000 women, some of them cancer patients, |
Burnham was criticised during the 2010 election campaign after leaflets were sent to 250,000 women, some of them cancer patients, featuring a message from a breast cancer survivor who praised Labour's health policy. Burnham, the health secretary, denied that cancer patients had been targeted.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7094604.ece | location=London | work=The Times | first1=Chris | last1=Hastings | first2=Maurice | last2=Chittenden | first3=Nyta | last3=Mann | title=Labour attacked over mailshot to cancer patients | date=11 April 2010}}</ref> In February 2013 he was accused of suppressing information linked to poor standards of care at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust hospital.{{cn}} | ||
In February 2013, Mr Burnham was accused of ignoring and suppressing information linked to the appalling standards of care at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust hospital whereby hundreds of people died. As Health Secretary Burnham — and Alan Johnson before him — had been made aware of the issues through dozens of reports made by whistle-blowers, but chose to ignore the information and did nothing. | |||
Further, Burnham is also accused of attempting to suppress news of the damage done. Julie Bailey, a campaigner whose mother died unnecessarily while a patient at the hospital, alleges in a commentary published in The Guardian that " wouldn't even meet the grieving relatives at Stafford hospital and he only gave us a secret inquiry so that the NHS's dirty linen wouldn't be aired in public".<ref>{{cite news|last=Bailey|first=Julie|title=Heads Must Roll|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/06/mid-staffs-heads-must-roll|accessdate=6 February 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 February 2013}}</ref> | |||
== 2010 Labour Party leadership election == | |||
⚫ | Following the resignation of ] as Leader of the Labour Party after the ], Andy Burnham declared his intention to stand in the subsequent ].<ref>{{citation|title =Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott join Labour leadership race|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7743790/Andy-Burnham-and-Diane-Abbott-join-Labour-leadership-race.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=19 May 2010|accessdate=29 May 2010 | location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100528025203/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7743790/Andy-Burnham-and-Diane-Abbott-join-Labour-leadership-race.html| archivedate= 28 May 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> He launched his leadership campaign in his Leigh constituency on 26 May.<ref> BBC News, 26 May 2010</ref> Burnham led on his philosophy of "aspirational socialism", aligning himself with ]'s campaign to end unpaid internships. He also made key policy commitments to the creation of a National Care Service and also called for inheritance tax to be replaced with a land value tax instead. The leadership contest was eventually won by ]. Burnham finished fourth. | ||
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In the new Shadow Cabinet under Ed Miliband, Burnham was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Co-ordinator for the Labour Party. | |||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
Burnham is married to Marie-France van Heel, whom he wed in 2000 after 11 years together.<ref name="Telegraph_15Oct07"/> The couple had been dating since university |
Burnham is married to Marie-France van Heel, whom he wed in 2000 after 11 years together.<ref name="Telegraph_15Oct07"/> The couple had been dating since university. The couple have a son and two daughters. Burnham is a ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-504229/While-Blair-converts-Catholicism-8-Ministers-say-believe-God.html|title=While Blair converts to Catholicism, only 8 Ministers say they believe in God|last=Oliver|first=Jonathan|date=22 December 2007|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=11 October 2008 | location=London| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20081016100524/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-504229/While-Blair-converts-Catholicism-8-Ministers-say-believe-God.html| archivedate= 16 October 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> | ||
Burnham was the Honorary Chairman of ] for a short period of time. Burnham was also a talented junior cricketer (playing for ] Juniors) and keen footballer, and competed at both sports for his college. He has played for Labour's "Demon Eyes" football team and is a lifelong fan of ] football club ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2118788.stm|title=Andy Burnham|date=22 October 2002|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=11 October 2008 | first=Labour | last=Mp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andy-burnham-the-mr-nice-guy-who-talked-his-way-into-a-nasty-situation-851018.html|title=Andy Burnham: The Mr Nice Guy who talked his way into a nasty situation|last=Brown|first=Colin|date=20 June 2008|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=11 October 2008 | location=London}}</ref> | Burnham was the Honorary Chairman of ] for a short period of time. Burnham was also a talented junior cricketer (playing for ] Juniors) and keen footballer, and competed at both sports for his college. He has played for Labour's "Demon Eyes" football team and is a lifelong fan of ] football club ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2118788.stm|title=Andy Burnham|date=22 October 2002|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=11 October 2008 | first=Labour | last=Mp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andy-burnham-the-mr-nice-guy-who-talked-his-way-into-a-nasty-situation-851018.html|title=Andy Burnham: The Mr Nice Guy who talked his way into a nasty situation|last=Brown|first=Colin|date=20 June 2008|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=11 October 2008 | location=London}}</ref> |
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This article is about the politician. For the Roman Catholic priest, see Andrew Burnham (priest).
The Right HonourableAndy BurnhamMP | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 7 October 2011 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | John Healey |
In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 | |
Leader | Harriet Harman Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Andrew Lansley |
Succeeded by | John Healey |
Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Ed Balls |
Succeeded by | Stephen Twigg |
Secretary of State for Health | |
In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Alan Johnson |
Succeeded by | Andrew Lansley |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | James Purnell |
Succeeded by | Ben Bradshaw |
Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 28 June 2007 – 24 January 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Stephen Timms |
Succeeded by | Yvette Cooper |
Member of Parliament for Leigh | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 7 June 2001 | |
Preceded by | Lawrence Cunliffe |
Majority | 15,011 (31.1%) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-01-07) 7 January 1970 (age 55) Aintree, Lancashire, England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Marie-France van Heel |
Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leigh since 2001. He served in the Cabinet under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Culture Secretary and Health Secretary. He was a candidate in the 2010 Labour leadership election, coming fourth out of five candidates. Burnham was initially appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education within Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet, but was moved back to the Shadow Department for Health in a reshuffle.
Early life
Burnham was born in Old Roan in Aintree, Liverpool, the son of a telephone engineer father and a receptionist mother, and brought up in Culcheth, near Warrington where his family moved to when his father was promoted to a job in Manchester. He was educated at St. Lewis' Primary School and St Aelred's Roman Catholic High School in Newton-le-Willows and the University of Cambridge, where he read English at Fitzwilliam College.
Joining the Labour Party
Burnham joined the Labour Party aged 14 in 1984, during the miners' strike, and was a researcher to Tessa Jowell from 1994 until the 1997 election. He joined the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1995. After the 1997 election, he was briefly a Parliamentary Officer for the NHS Confederation from August to December 1997, before taking up the post as an administrator with the Football Task Force for a year.
In 1998, he became a Special Adviser to the then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Chris Smith, a position he remained in until his election to Parliament in 2001.
Member of Parliament
After the retirement of Lawrence Cunliffe, Burnham applied to be the Parliamentary Candidate for the safe Labour seat of Leigh. Burnham managed to secure selection to contest the safe seat at the next General Election. At the 2001 election, he was elected with a majority of 16,362, and gave his maiden speech on 4 July 2001.
In Government
Following his election to Parliament, he became a member of the Health Select Committee from 2001 until 2003, when he was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Home Secretary David Blunkett. Following Blunkett's first resignation in 2004, he went on to become the PPS to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly. He was promoted to serve in the Government after the 2005 election as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, with responsibility for implementing the Identity Cards Act 2006.
In the government reshuffle of 5 May 2006, Burnham was promoted from the Home Office to a Minister of State at the Department of Health.
In Cabinet
In Gordon Brown's first Cabinet, announced 28 June 2007, Burnham was appointed as the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a position he held until 2008.
The Daily Telegraph published an interview with Burnham on 13 October 2007 in which he stated that: "I think it’s better when children are in a home where their parents are married" and "it’s not wrong that the tax system should recognise commitment and marriage", which created some controversy because following through this argument would replicate the current policies of the Conservative Party.
In a re-shuffle in January 2008, he was appointed as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, replacing James Purnell.
In June 2008, he was forced to apologise to the director of pressure group Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, after she threatened to sue him for libel for smearing her reputation.
In late 2008, he announced Government plans to crack down on the Internet, tightening up controls in order to "even up" what he claimed was an imbalance with TV regulations. This was followed by a speech to the UK music industry's lobbying group, UK Music, in which he announced a "a time that calls for partnership between Government and the music business as a whole: one with rewards for both of us; one with rewards for society as a whole. (...) My job – Government’s job – is to preserve the value in the system."
In Opposition
Following the resignation of Gordon Brown as Leader of the Labour Party after the 2010 general election, Andy Burnham declared his intention to stand in the subsequent Labour leadership contest. He launched his leadership campaign in his Leigh constituency on 26 May. Burnham led on his philosophy of "aspirational socialism", aligning himself with Intern Aware's campaign to end unpaid internships. He also made key policy commitments to the creation of a National Care Service and also called for inheritance tax to be replaced with a land value tax instead. The leadership contest was eventually won by Ed Miliband. Burnham finished fourth.
Burnham continued in his role as Shadow Health Secretary, and at the end of September 2010 he openly criticised new Prime Minister David Cameron for the Tory-Lib Dem Coalition Government's public spending cuts and health reforms to the NHS. In 2011 Burnham was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Election Co-ordinator for the Labour Party.
Political controversy
Burnham was criticised during the 2010 election campaign after leaflets were sent to 250,000 women, some of them cancer patients, featuring a message from a breast cancer survivor who praised Labour's health policy. Burnham, the health secretary, denied that cancer patients had been targeted. In February 2013 he was accused of suppressing information linked to poor standards of care at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust hospital.
Personal life
Burnham is married to Marie-France van Heel, whom he wed in 2000 after 11 years together. The couple had been dating since university. The couple have a son and two daughters. Burnham is a Roman Catholic.
Burnham was the Honorary Chairman of Leigh Rugby League Club for a short period of time. Burnham was also a talented junior cricketer (playing for Lancashire CCC Juniors) and keen footballer, and competed at both sports for his college. He has played for Labour's "Demon Eyes" football team and is a lifelong fan of Premier League football club Everton.
References
- "Andy's biography from his Andy4Leader web-site".
- "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Biography of Andy Burnham : Department of Health — About us". Webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- New Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport BACTA, 28 January 2008
- Woodward, Will (26 January 2008). "New culture secretary keeps an open mind on licence fee". The Guardian. London: Guardian News & Media. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
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- ^ Sylvester, Rachel (15 October 2007). "Marriage is important, children do notice". Telegraph.co.uk. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
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- Percival, Jenny (23 June 2008). "Chakrabarti-Davis row: Liberty head accepts letter of apology from Burnham". guardian.co.uk. London: Guardian News & Media. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- Government to tighten up web controls The Guardian, 26 September 2008
- The medium and the message BBC News, 1 October 2008
- Andy Burnham hints at tighter control of online contentThe Guardian, 11 June 2008
- Andy Burnham and Charlie McCreevy speak at UK Music's first creators' conference
- Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott join Labour leadership race, London: Daily Telegraph, 19 May 2010, archived from the original on 28 May 2010, retrieved 29 May 2010
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- "'Rushed' NHS cuts warning — Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- Hastings, Chris; Chittenden, Maurice; Mann, Nyta (11 April 2010). "Labour attacked over mailshot to cancer patients". The Times. London.
- Oliver, Jonathan (22 December 2007). "While Blair converts to Catholicism, only 8 Ministers say they believe in God". Mail Online. London: Daily Mail and General Trust. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
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- Brown, Colin (20 June 2008). "Andy Burnham: The Mr Nice Guy who talked his way into a nasty situation". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
External links
- Andy Burnham MP Official constituency website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Audio clips
- Interview with GMR after 2005 election BBC Manchester
- Video clips
- Delivering 18 week NHS target YouTube
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Succeeded byAndrew Lansley |
Preceded byAndrew Lansley | Shadow Secretary of State for Health 2010 |
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