Andy Mcdonald — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East since 2012.
Served as Shadow Employment Secretary (2020-2021) and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (2016-2020) in the Shadow Cabinet.
Worked as a solicitor for over 25 years, leading the Serious Injury Unit at Thompsons Solicitors.
Acted as an adviser to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee for its 2003 report on Armed Forces Pensions and Compensation.
A founder member of The Royal British Legion's Solicitors Group.
Served as a Labour councillor for Westbourne ward from 1995 to 1999.

Biography

Andrew Joseph McDonald is a prominent British Labour Party politician. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (formerly Middlesbrough) since his election in 2012. Within the Shadow Cabinet, he held key positions, including Shadow Employment Secretary from 2020 to 2021 under Keir Starmer, and previously as Shadow Secretary of State for Transport from 2016 to 2020 under Jeremy Corbyn.