Andrew King (14 September 1948) is an English Labour Party politician. He was educated at Coatbridge Technical College and

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, he worked as a postman and mechanic before becoming a social services manager. He was

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for Rugby and Kenilworth until 2005, having first won the seat in the 1997 general election. King lost his parliamentary seat at the 2005 general election to the Conservative Party candidate,

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.Labour won Rugby in 2005
news.bbc.co.uk; accessed 25 February 2015. For the 2010 election, Parliamentary constituency boundaries were redrawn, and Rugby became a seat in its own right. On 22 July 2007, King was selected by the Rugby Constituency Labour Party as their prospective parliamentary candidate for the 2010 general election, however, King lost the new Rugby seat to

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, son of former MP Jim Pawsey, whom King had defeated in 1997.

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* 1948 births Living people British people of Scottish descent British Roman Catholics Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Warwickshire UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub