Andrew Sawford (born 15 March 1976) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby from 2012 to 2015.
[8] He was from 2008 to 2012 chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU), a London-based thinktank and registered charity.
[9] In October 2011, Sawford was selected to contest the marginal Corby constituency for Labour at the next general election.
[12] Sawford was defeated by Conservative Tom Pursglove at the 2015 general election, who won with a similar vote margin to Mensch's result in 2010.
After Parliament, Sawford became chief executive of Connect Communications,[13] and later led a management buy-out to take ownership of the business.