Andrew Cooper | |
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Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 8,927 (21.4%) |
Member of Cheshire West and Chester Council for Northwich Leftwich | |
In office 2 May 2019 –June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ward established |
Succeeded by | Rachel Waterman |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew Graham Cooper February 1984 (age 40) [1] |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Education | University of Manchester (BSc) |
Website | www |
Andrew Graham Cooper (born 1984) [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Cheshire since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [2] He previously served as a councillor for Northwich Town Council and Cheshire West and Chester Council. [3] [4]
Cooper was educated at the University of Manchester where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science in 2005. [5] [6]
Before being elected an MP,Cooper was employed as a software development director [6] at Active Management Systems Limited,a provider of cloud computing software to housing providers. [1] [6] [7]
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