Nostalgic coincidence

As some of you may have noticed over the last couple of days, there's been a bit of a student politics nostalgia-fest going on over a few blogs, which has included me and Spin remembering our time at NUS Conference in 1993. Now, one thing I remember from then (and I'm pretty sure that my memory has placed it at the right conference) was a guy called Andrew Tessier standing for National Treasurer, who put in a storming performance with his speech and answers to the various questions, getting the delegates actually excited about something for once. Then, just before the voting he withdrew, not because he'd suddenly decided to join the RCP but because he'd already been elected as Convenor for NUS London (if I recall correctly).

So, I remembered that the other day while thinking back to Conference and then today, I follow this link (via Topical Fish) and find:

Liberal Democrat Andrew Tessier easily defended an ultra-marginal Westcotes seat at Leicester against a Labour challenge.

I wonder if it's the same person? A quick Googling and look at the Leicester City Council page didn't shed any light, but it would be a weird coincidence.