Adam Jogee | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Aaron Bell |
| Majority | 5,069 (12.8%) |
| Member of Haringey London Borough Council for Hornsey | |
| In office 22 May 2014 –4 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adam Jogee Haringey,London,England |
| Political party | Labour |
Adam Habib Jogee [1] (born December 1991) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2024.
Jogee was awarded a scholarship in 2008 to take his A-levels at Highgate School,and was a member of Haringey Youth Parliament at the age of 16. [2]
He was a councillor for Haringey London Borough Council (Hornsey ward) and was elected Mayor of Haringey in 2020 [3] alongside a role working with Labour MP Ruth Jones in the Shadow Defra team. He was selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Newcastle-under-Lyme in April 2023,and was elected with a majority of 5,069. [4] [5]
Jogee resigned from his council role when Rishi Sunak,the prime minister at the time,called a general election to take place on 4 July 2024,leading to a Haringey Council by-election for Hornsey to take place on the same day as the general election. [6] [7]
Jogee was born and bred in Haringey,and has Jamaican and Zimbabwean heritage; [3] he is a Muslim,and has spoken about his experiences with racism and Islamophobia. [8] In his maiden speech in parliament Jogee said that "My maternal grandfather arrived in the United Kingdom from Jamaica,to serve King and country and to help fight fascism. He docked in Liverpool in 1941 and,after meeting my grandmother,built a life in Staffordshire,the county I am proud to represent today." He also stated that he was "the first black man to represent anywhere in the West Midlands". [9]
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