Rebecca Long-Bailey
British politician (born 1979)
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- Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey ( née Long ; born 22 September 1979) is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford, previously Salford and Eccles, since 2015.
- Under Keir Starmer, she served as Shadow Education Secretary from April to June 2020.
- After Jeremy Corbyn was elected in the 2015 Labour leadership election, Long-Bailey was appointed as a shadow Junior Treasury Minister and was nominated to sit on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
- In July 2024, Long-Bailey was suspended for a term of six months along with six other Labour MPs from the Labour Left for voting in favour of a proposed Scottish National Party amendment to the king's speech at the 2024 State Opening of Parliament in favour of removing the two-child benefit cap.
- Her father, Jimmy Long, was a docker in Salford Quays and a trade union representative at Shell, Barton Docks, and her mother Una was a shop worker.
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WikipediaRebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey (née Long; born 22 September 1979) is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford, previously Salford and Eccles, since 2015. She served in the Shadow Cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn, first as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017 and then as Shadow Business Secretary from 2017 to 2020. Under Keir Starmer, she served as Shadow Education Secretary from April to June 2020.
Long-Bailey was elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. After Jeremy Corbyn was elected in the 2015 Labour leadership election, Long-Bailey was appointed as a shadow Junior Treasury Minister and was nominated to sit on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
Long-Bailey was a candidate in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, finishing second to Keir Starmer. In July 2024, Long-Bailey was suspended for a term of six months along with six other Labour MPs from the Labour Left for voting in favour of a proposed Scottish National Party amendment to the king's speech at the 2024 State Opening of Parliament in favour of removing the two-child benefit cap.
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