Andrew Theakstone Percy[2] (born 18 September 1977[1][3]) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brigg and Goole from 2010 to 2024.
Percy was born in Hull and brought up in Humberside, the son of a foundry worker (later a market gardener) and a school secretary; he has an older sister.
[11] Percy is rated as one of the Conservatives' most rebellious MPs, and has voted with Labour on key issues such as loan sharking, Education Maintenance Allowance and student tuition fees.
Percy was elected to the UK Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive in 2015 and was also appointed to the Speaker's Panel of Chairs.
At a sitting in the House of Commons in April 2016, he asked Conservative Leader of the House, Chris Grayling if he agreed that the government should bring forward proposals to ensure ex-police officers standing as police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates should be required to make their public service records available for public scrutiny.
It was announced in September 2017 that Percy would be the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Canada, a newly created role.
[23] On 22 July 2019, Percy resigned from the Trade Envoy role in protest over Liam Fox's planned no-deal Brexit policy that he believed would threaten the UK's annual £800 million business with Canada, criticising what he called the "cack-handed" proposal to scrap or slash tariffs on almost all imports – blaming it for Ottawa's refusal to give the UK its existing deal with the EU.
[27][28] On 15 September 2020 he was one of two Conservative MPs (together with Roger Gale) who voted against the UK Internal Market Bill at second reading.