Andrew Roth (born 23 April 1919 in New York) is a biographer and journalist notable for compiling the definitive Parliamentary Profiles of British Members of Parliament. He has been a well known figure amongst the politicians and journalists in Westminster for 50 years and is also known for his appearances on UK television. He was born to Hungarian parents in New York and attended City College, Columbia, Michigan and Harvard Universities where he studied Far Eastern History. He served as a Lieutenant with U.S. Naval Intelligence in WW2 and was a journalist and foreign correspondent in 20 countries before settling in the UK in 1950. He scours Hansard, gossip columns, vote papers and committee reports to compile his profiles of the personnel of the UK Parliament and assesses their character traits and psychological drives. The profiles also include cartoon caricatures by Terry Roth. He was political correspondent for the Manchester Evening News from 1972-1984, contributed to the New Statesman from 1984-1997 and has been an obituarist and contributor to The Guardian since 1996.
Bibliography
- Andrew Roth Parliamentary Profiles (Parliamentary Profiles Ltd, London, 1955-)
- Enoch Powell: Tory Tribune (London, 1970) ISBN 356 03150 0
- Heath and the Heathmen (Routledge, 1972) ISBN-10: 0710074298
- Sir Harold Wilson: Yorkshire Walter Mitty (Macdonald & J, 1977) ISBN-10: 0356080749
