Andrew Tyrie
British politician for the Conservative Party (born 1957)
Andrew Guy Tyrie, Baron Tyrie, (born 15 January 1957) is a British politician, economist and former chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (2018–2020). A former member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chichester from 1997 to 2017. Tyrie was previously a special adviser at HM Treasury and chair of the Treasury Select Committee, having taken up the role on 10 June 2010.
He was described by Donald Macintyre of The Independent in 2013 as "the most powerful backbencher in the House of Commons", and by The Economist as a liberal conservative.
Tyrie retired from politics at the 2017 general election but was made a life peer in 2018. He sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated member.
Early life
Tyrie was born at Rochford, Essex, on 15 January 1957. He was educated at Felsted School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he read PPE, graduating in 1979. He then attended the College of Europe in Bruges, where he received a postgraduate Certificate of Advanced European Studies, followed by Wolfson College, Cambridge, where he obtained the degree of MPhil.
Tyrie worked at the group head office of BP from 1981 to 1983.
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