andrew david lansley (born 11 december 1956 in hornchurch, essex, england) is a british politician who was the secretary of state for health in the conservative-liberal democrat coalition government from 2010 - 2012. he was the conservative party member of parliament (mp) for the south cambridgeshire constituency in the house of commons of the united kingdom. he was first elected as an mp in the 1997 general election. he stepped down at the 2015 general election.