Andrew George, MP for St Ives
Andrew George has been an MP since 1997. Currently: Health and Social Care Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (Department for International Development) | 2005 to 2006 | |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2002 to 2005 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 1999 to 2001 | |
| Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 1997 to 2005 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2007 to 2010 | |
| Agriculture | 1997 to 1999 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Andrew George has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Volunteer Board member of the Cornwall Community Land Trust (CCLT). This is an unpaid role. (My role as Chief Executive of CCLT ended on 1 September 2024 and was previously registered under Category 1). | 4 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Treasurer, Leedstown Cricket Club. This is an unpaid role. | 4 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of Friends of the Towans, Hayle. This is an unpaid role. | 11 Jul 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Andrew George asked 131 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
101 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Andrew George represents St Ives. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Liberal Democrat
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Andrew George won with 52% of the votes, and Derek Thomas (Conservative) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew George | Liberal Democrat | 25,033 | 52.0% |
| Derek Thomas | Conservative | 11,247 | 23.4% |
| Giane Mortimer | Reform UK | 6,492 | 13.5% |
| Filson Ali | Labour | 2,788 | 5.8% |
| Ian Flindall | Green Party | 1,797 | 3.7% |
| Dave Laity | Independent | 360 | 0.7% |
| Paul Nicholson | Liberal | 187 | 0.4% |
| Jason Saunders | UK Independence Party | 111 | 0.2% |
| John Harris | The Common People | 91 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Andrew George took part in 188 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Andrew George voted the same way as their party in 185 of the 185 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this