Andy Sawford

Labour's candidate for Corby and East Northamptonshire

News

• I have a new website

  This website contains all the news from my election campaign. I have now switched back to using my blog to share information on my work as the MP for Corby...

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• I'm recruiting constituency staff

  

  I am looking for two people to join my constituency team. The two roles are; Constituency Office Manager Constituency Assistant Please click on the links above to...

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• Surgeries on Friday 7 Dec

  

  I will be hosting three drop-in surgeries across Corby and East Northamptonshire on Friday 7 December. These are an opportunity for me to meet you and learn of issues...

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• Andy Sawford is the new MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire

  Thank you to everyone who voted for me to be the new Member of Parliament for Corby and East Northamptonshire. This website is now...

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• Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary joins campaign trail in Corby

  

  Following his visit to Corby and East Northamptonshire to campaign for Labour’s Andy Sawford in the Corby and East Northamptonshire by-election, Liam Byrne MP, Labour’s Shadow work and...

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• Douglas Alexander and Margaret Curran on the campaign trail in Corby and East Northamptonshire

  

  Two members of Labour’s Shadow Cabinet – both MPs in Scottish constituencies – joined Andy Sawford’s by election campaign in Corby today (Thursday). Douglas Alexander,...

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• Britain needs a plan to secure and sustain a strong economic recovery - Balls

  

  Andy Sawford welcomed Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls MP and Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, Jack Dromey MP to Corby and East Northamptonshire on Monday. Visiting Tresham College...

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• David Miliband meets local people in Thrapston

  

  David Miliband, Labour's former Foreign Secretary, was in Thrapston today, Tuesday, where he met with local business owners and residents. Joined by Labour’s Andy Sawford, David then took...

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• Former Cabinet Minister Shaun Woodward on the campaign trail

  

  Former Cabinet Minister Shaun Woodward was on the campaign trail in Corby today (Wednesday) with Labour’s Andy Sawford. Shaun Woodward said: “Unlike many of the candidates in this crucial...

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• Shadow Business Secretary supports Sawford’s pledge for local business

  

  Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, Chuka Umunna MP, was in Corby today to support Labour’s candidate for the by-election, Andy Sawford. Following the release of Andy’s pledges this week,...

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• David Cameron accused of failing to tell the truth about threat to Kettering Hospital

  

  For the third consecutive week at PMQs, David Cameron today failed to give assurances that Kettering General Hospital would not face downgrades in A&E, maternity and other services. Today, Andy...

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• Andy Sawford calls on the Prime Minister to lift threat to services at Kettering Hospital

  

  Labour’s candidate for the Corby and East Northants by-election, Andy Sawford, has today written to David Cameron urging him to “lift the threat to services at Kettering Hospital”. He sent...

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• Ed Miliband launches pledges for Corby and East Northamptonshire

  

  Labour’s Andy Sawford was joined by Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition, in Corby today to launch his pledges for the by-election on Thursday, 15 November. The...

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• Sawford challenges Tory candidate on threat to hospital services

  

  Andy Sawford, Labour’s candidate for the Corby and East Northamptonshire by-election, has today demanded his Conservative opponent “tells the truth” about threats to services at Kettering General Hospital....

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• Thursday 15 November - the date to send a message to the Tory-led Government

  

  Voters in Corby and East Northamptonshire are being urged to send a message to the out-of-touch Tory-led Government after the date for the by-election was confirmed for Thursday 15 November....

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• Senior Labour politicians drop in for a chat with local families

  Two of Labour’s most senior politicians dropped in for a chat yesterday, Monday, with local families and carers at Pen Green Children’s Centre in Corby. In a wide-ranging...

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• This reveals the devastating detail behind the current consultation

  Commenting on the Corby Telegraph’s report that Kettering Hospital could lose 515 of its 658 beds and see A&E, maternity, children’s and acute services massively downgraded, Labour’s candidate...

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• Hard pressed families need much more transparency on energy bills

  

  Former Home Secretary, David Blunkett MP, today joined Labour’s candidate in the Corby and East Northamptonshire by-election, Andy Sawford, to highlight concerns over the rising costs of food and energy...

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• Shadow Health Minister challenges Health Secretary to come clean on Hospital Plans

  

  Liz Kendall MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, has challenged Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to come clean on plans for Kettering General Hospital. Writing to the Health Secretary, Liz calls...

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• Labour demands Government comes clean on threat to local hospital

  Andy Sawford, Labour’s candidate for the Corby and East Northamptonshire by-election, has today demanded Health Minister Anna Soubry, comes clean on the threat to local services at Kettering General Hospital....

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