Jeremy Corbyn
| Jeremy Corbyn MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Islington North |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Michael O'Halloran |
| Majority | 12,401 (27.8%) |
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| Born | 26 May 1949 Chippenham, Wiltshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Alma mater | Adams' Grammar School, Newport, Shropshire |
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983.
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[edit] Early and personal life
He attended Adams' Grammar School in Shropshire. He is the younger brother of Piers Corbyn, a global warming sceptic.
He currently lives in Finsbury Park and has three sons. Previously Corbyn lived in Lausanne Road in Harringay where he was active in securing the future of a small local park created from a World War II bomb site.
[edit] Political career
He is considered one of the most left-wing of Labour Party MPs and is member of the Socialist Campaign Group. He has a weekly column in The Morning Star. A long-time supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), he is one of its three Vice-Chairs. Before his election to Parliament, he was an elected councillor in the London Borough of Haringey (1974–83). He is on the London Regional Select Committee.
[edit] Stop the War
He was fiercely opposed to the Iraq War and has spoken at many anti-war rallies in Britain and overseas. He is an elected member of the Stop the War Coalition steering committee. On 31 October 2006, Corbyn was one of 12 Labour MPs to back Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party's call for an inquiry into the war.[1]
[edit] Campaigns
He is a long standing supporter of a United Ireland, inviting Sinn Fien leader Gerry Adams to London in 1984.[2][3]
Corbyn is a prominent Amnesty International member. He campaigned for the trial of the late former Chilean dictator, General Pinochet.
Jeremy Corbyn announced in December 2006 that he was considering running for the Labour party deputy leadership to provide an anti-war candidate, but in the event did not stand.[4]
He is one of the signatories to Tony Banks' "Pigeon Bombs" Early Day Motion and Michael Meacher's Climate Change EDM, in stark opposition to his brother, weather forecaster Piers Corbyn's view on climate change.
According to a BBC article,[citation needed] Jeremy Corbyn along with John McDonnell have signed a petition Calling on UK to lift the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - which is registered as a terrorist group by the European Union.[5]
He has campaigned against the Gaza–Israel conflict, and promotes the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.[citation needed]
[edit] Unison
Corbyn is an MP sponsored by the UNISON trade union, and is a committed anti-fascist having spoken at the Unite Against Fascism and Barking and Dagenham TUC anti British National Party rally in December 2001 [6] and also speaking at the organisations annual conference in 2007 attacking the record of the media and calling for a No Platform of the BNP.[7]
[edit] Rebellion
Since 2005 he has defied the whip 238 times (25% of the time),[8] making him one of the most rebellious Labour MPs only matched by Kate Hoey.
[edit] Awards
Corbyn won the 2001 Beard of the Year award, after having described his beard as "a form of dissent" against New Labour.[9]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Labour MPs who rebelled on Iraq". BBC News. 31 October 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6104310.stm. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
- ^ http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/jeremy-corbyn
- ^ "BBC NEWS – Find Your MP – Islington North – Jeremy Corbyn". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/232.stm.
- ^ Hélène Mulholland (20 December 2006). "Meacher set to challenge Brown from left". London: The Guardian. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labourleadership/story/0,,1976094,00.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Call on Britain to lift ban on LTTE". TamilNet. 28 December 2006. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20755. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ "Unite Against Fascism successful counter-rally against the BNP in Dagenham outnumbers fascists 7 to 1". Unite Against Fascism. 12 December 2006. http://www.uaf.org.uk/news.asp?choice=61211. Retrieved 2010-04-30.[dead link]
- ^ "Jerry Dammers, Babyshambles, Peter Hain MP join trade unions, faith leaders and MPs at anti-BNP conference". Unite Against Fascism. 14 February 2007. http://www.uaf.org.uk/news.asp?choice=70214. Retrieved 2010-04-30.[dead link]
- ^ "Voting Record for Jeremy Corbyn". http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1655&showall=yes.
- ^ Malvern, Jack (10 January 2002). "Beards - Diary". The Times.
[edit] External links
- ePolitix - Jeremy Corbyn MP official site
- Islington North Labour Party
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
- Voting record at PublicWhip.org
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
- Articles authored at Journalisted
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Michael O'Halloran |
Member of Parliament for Islington North 1983–present |
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- 1949 births
- Living people
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- Labour Party (UK) MPs
- People from Newport, Shropshire
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
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- Newport, Shropshire
- UK MPs 1992–1997
- UK MPs 1997–2001
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