Jacob Collier (politician)
Jacob Collier (born 20th May 1997)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Burton and Uttoxeter since 2024.[2]
Early life
Jacob Collier was born in Burton-upon-Trent in 1997; he attended William Shrewsbury Primary School and de Ferrers Academy.[3][4] He read History and Politics at the University of Nottingham and specialised in post-Second World War British politics.[4] Collier was elected as Community Officer for the University of Nottingham Students' Union.[5] He became chair of Nottingham Labour Students before graduating in 2018.[6]
Before politics Collier worked in communications for Thera, a company working with people with learning disabilities and from 2021 was a communications officer at the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, where he was also a union representative for Unison.[7][4][6][8] Collier voted leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum but has said he since regrets doing so.[9]
References
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- ^ "Burton and Uttoxeter | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Jacob Collier for Burton and Uttoxeter in the UK Parliamentary general election". whocanivotefor.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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- ^ a b "Which comms pros are vying to be Labour MPs? (part one)". PR Week. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ July 05, Evie Barrett (5 July 2024). "Which comms pros are now MPs?". PR Week. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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- ^ Griffiths, Robbie (27 June 2024). "Meet the (very young) young Labour hopefuls who want to change politics this election". Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 July 2024.