Andrea Leadsom

Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom (; ' Salmon; born 13 May 1963) is a British Conservative politician. She was the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from to 2020. She was Leader of the House of Commons from 2017 to 2019, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Northamptonshire since 2010.
Leadsom became one of five candidates in the election for the leadership of the governing Conservative Party. She advanced to the second round only to loose to Theresa May.
Leadsom resigned as Leader of House of Commons on 22 May 2019 in protest at Theresa May's Brexit strategy. Three days later, Leadsom announced her second candidacy for the Conservative Party leadership in the 2019 election. She was eliminated on the first ballot from the race on 13 June.