Andrew David Smith (born 1 February 1951[1]) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford East from 1987 until 2017.

[2] Smith was educated at Reading School and St John's College, Oxford, where he gained a BA and BPhil.

Smith was the Member of Parliament for Oxford East, which he won in 1987, defeating Conservative MP Steven Norris.

Smith was the chair and one of the founding members of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua, launched in October 2008.

[3] Smith occasionally rebelled against his party in Parliament, on issues such as a third runway at Heathrow, the Government's renewal of Trident, and notably backed opposition Liberal Democrats motions on votes concerning the rights of Gurkhas to remain in Britain and the introduction of single transferable vote for elections.