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Andrew Michael Gordon Sharpe, Baron Sharpe of Epsom, (born June 1965) is a British broker and politician based in
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, serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office since September 2022. He was the President of the
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from 2017 to 2018 and has been its Chairman since July 2018. He is also Vice Chair of the Policy Forum. He has worked to promote voluntary involvement in senior levels of the
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's organisation. Sharpe was nominated for a Life Peerage in the
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by Prime Minister
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. He was created ''Baron Sharpe of Epsom'' on 15 September and introduced to the
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on 12 October. He made his maiden speech on 16 December 2020. He was appointed to the front bench in October 2021 in Johnson's Reshuffle.


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1965 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) life peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-politician-stub