Andrew Selous

Andrew Selous
Official portrait, 2019
Second Church Estates Commissioner
In office 10 January 2020 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Dame Caroline Spelman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
In office 15 July 2014 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Jeremy Wright
Succeeded by	Sam Gyimah
Member of Parliament for South West Bedfordshire
In office 7 June 2001 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	David Madel
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-27) 27 April 1962 (age 62) Marylebone, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Harriet Marston
Children	3
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Occupation	MP
Profession	Business, Industry, Trade
Website	andrewselous.org.uk
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1981-1996
Rank	Lieutenant
Service number	533612
Unit	Honourable Artillery Company Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous (/səˈluː/; born 27 April 1962)^[1] is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Bedfordshire from 2001 until 2024, when the constituency was abolished. Selous stood for the new Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency however the seat was won by the Labour candidate Alex Mayer. Selous lives in Studham^[2] in the constituency of Luton South.^[3]

A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister of State for Prisons from 2014 to 2016 in the government of Prime Minister David Cameron. Since 2020, Selous has served as Second Church Estates Commissioner.