Andrew Turner: podcast appearances and interviews

Andrew John Turner is the Institutional Division Manager at Diageo North America. His background includes a career in politics, where he served as a Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight from 2001 to 2017. During his parliamentary tenure, Turner was a member of the Conservative Party and held the position of vice-chairman from 2003 until 2005. Born in Coventry, he was educated at Rugby School and Keble College, Oxford. Before his election to Parliament, he ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch in the 1992 general election and for Birmingham East in the 1994 European Parliamentary election. As an MP, Turner attracted media attention and criticism during the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal but was re-elected in 2010. Following his return to Parliament, he led the One Wight campaign in opposition to government plans to dismantle his constituency. Turner announced he would stand down at the 2017 election amid reports that he had expressed controversial views on homosexuality to schoolchildren. His diverse career spans politics and business, culminating in his current managerial role.