Editing Andrew Robathan (section)

{{short description|British Conservative politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Lord Robathan
| honorific-suffix    = [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]]
| image               = File:Official portrait of Lord Robathan 2020 crop 2.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2019
| office              = [[Minister of State, Northern Ireland|Minister of State for Northern Ireland]]
| term_start          = 7 October 2013
| term_end            = 14 July 2014
| predecessor         = [[Mike Penning]]
| successor           = [[Andrew Murrison]]
| primeminister       = [[David Cameron]]
| office1             = [[Minister of State for the Armed Forces]]
| term_start1         = 4 September 2012
| term_end1           = 7 October 2013
| predecessor1        = [[Nick Harvey]]
| successor1          = [[Mark Francois]]
| primeminister1      = [[David Cameron]]
| office2             = [[Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare and Veterans]]
| primeminister2      = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start2         = 13 May 2010
| term_end2           = 4 September 2012
| predecessor2        = [[Kevan Jones]]
| successor2          = [[Mark Francois]]
| office3             = [[Member of the House of Lords]] <br /> [[Lord Temporal]]
| term_start3         = 9 November 2015<br /> [[Life Peerage]]
| term_end3           = 
| office4             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Leicestershire]]<br />{{nobold|[[Blaby (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaby]] (1992–2010)}}
| parliament4         = 
| term_start4         = 9 April 1992
| term_end4           = 30 March 2015
| predecessor4        = [[Nigel Lawson]]
| successor4          = [[Alberto Costa (British politician)|Alberto Costa]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Surrey]], [[United Kingdom]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| spouse              = {{marriage|Rachael Maunder|1991}}
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| relations           = 
| children            = 2
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = [[Oriel College, Oxford]]
| occupation          = 
| profession          = 
| signature           = 
| website             = 
| footnotes           = <!--Military service-->
| nickname            = 
| allegiance          = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch              = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears        = 1974–1989 (British Army)
| rank                = [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]
| unit                = [[Coldstream Guards]]<br />[[Special Air Service]]
| commands            = 
| battles             = [[Gulf War]]
| awards              = 
}}
'''Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}} (born 17 July 1951) is a [[British people|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician, who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Leicestershire]] (previously [[Blaby (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaby]]) in [[Leicestershire]] as well as a [[Minister (government)|government minister]].

In September 2014 Robathan announced he would stand down at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/MP-Andrew-Robathan-announces-standing/story-22963479-detail/story.html|title=MP Andrew Robathan announces he will not be standing again as Conservative candidate for South Leicestershire|work=Leicester Mercury|date=22 September 2014|access-date=22 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019145730/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/MP-Andrew-Robathan-announces-standing/story-22963479-detail/story.html|archive-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> and was nominated for a [[life peer]]age in [[2015 Dissolution Honours]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Dissolution Peerages 2015|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dissolution-peerages-2015|website=Gov.uk|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> being created '''Baron Robathan''', of Poultney in the [[Leicestershire|County of Leicestershire]], on 13 October 2015.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61384 |date=19 October 2015 |page=19566}}</ref>