On 14 May 2010 Andrew Stunell OBE MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government.

He was first elected as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove in 1997. He had previously served on Stockport MDC, and on Chesire CC, and has written extensively on local government policy issues.

In 2004, he steered his Private Members Act on Sustainable Buildings through Parliament. He is married to Gillian and they have five grown-up children, two of whom are adopted. Andrew and Gillian live in Romiley, in the centre of the constituency. Andrew is a former Baptist lay preacher and an active member of Romiley Methodist Church