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Rebecca Long-Bailey | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
In office 6 April 2020 – 25 June 2020 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Angela Rayner |
Succeeded by | Kate Green |
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
In office 9 February 2017 – 6 April 2020 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Clive Lewis |
Succeeded by | Ed Miliband |
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 27 June 2016 – 9 February 2017 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Seema Malhotra |
Succeeded by | Peter Dowd |
Shadow Minister for the Treasury | |
In office 18 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Member of Parliament for Salford and Eccles | |
Assumed office 7 May 2015[1] | |
Preceded by | Hazel Blears |
Majority | 16,327 (32.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rebecca Roseanne Long 22 September 1979 Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England |
Political party | Labour (2010–present) |
Other political affiliations | Socialist Campaign Group |
Spouse | Stephen Bailey |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Solicitor |
Website | www |
Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey[a] (née Long; born 22 September 1979)[3] is a British politician and a solicitor serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, Long-Bailey served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2017 to 2020 and Shadow Secretary of State for Education in 2020.
Born in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Long-Bailey studied Politics and Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She worked for the law firms Pinsent Masons and Halliwells from 2003 to 2007. Long-Bailey was admitted as a solicitor in 2007, where she worked for Hill Dickinson specialising in commercial law, commercial property, NHS contracts and NHS estates.
Long-Bailey was elected to the British 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 Junior Treasury Minister and was nominated to sit on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
Long-Bailey served in Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet from 2016 to 2020. She served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017, deputising for Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. She then served as Shadow Business Secretary from 2017 to 2020. She was a candidate in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, finishing second to Keir Starmer. She then briefly served as Shadow Secretary of State for Education before being sacked by Starmer after two months in the role.
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