Dan Tomlinson | |
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Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Theresa Villiers |
Majority | 2,914 (5.7%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Daniel Mark Tomlinson is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet since 2024. [1] He defeated the Conservative Party incumbent Theresa Villiers. [2]
Tomlinson was educated at Wood Green School in Witney,Oxfordshire,and studied Philosophy,Politics and Economics at Oxford University. [3] Tomlinson worked for HM Treasury and for the Resolution Foundation between 2015 and 2022,and became a senior economist for the foundation. [4] He also worked at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. [5]
Inside Housing listed Tomlinson as one of eight newly elected MPs who would be advocates for the cause of social housing in the new Labour government. [5]
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