Fabian Uziell-Hamilton was born on 12 April 1955 in London to a British Jewish family.[3] His grandfather was a rabbi.[4] His father Mario,a solicitor,and his mother Adrianne,a judge,[5] were members of the Liberal Party,for which his father was several times an election candidate.
Despite having achieved the highest Labour swing in the North of England,the constituency Labour Party voted,by a margin of one vote,in favour of an all-women shortlist. Hamilton was quoted by The Independent as saying:
For six years, I was chair of Leeds city council's equal opportunities committee. Equal ops was my life. And to find that, as far as the Labour Party is concerned, equal opportunity now means positive discrimination, came as a real shock to me. I am told that my generation of men will just have to stand back and make way for women. And I understand why certain women in the Party have pushed that policy. But I think they're wrong. What they don't seem to take on board is that I've only got one life, too. I didn't choose my time on earth any more than I chose my sex or my race. And I really mean it when I say that being kept out of a job just because I'm a man offends me as deeply as being kept out of a job just because I'm a Jew.[10]
Leeds North-East made its selection on 1 July 1995, selecting Liz Davies, a barrister and councillor in the London Borough of Islington. Davies defeated four local women, two of whom were Leeds city councillors. Her selection was vetoed by the National Executive Committee, allegedly for her left-wing politics; unhappy with the situation, opponents took out an unsuccessful private prosecution against Hamilton under the Companies Act in connection with his printing business.[11] Hamilton won the subsequent selection process.
Hamilton was re-elected as MP for Leeds North East at the 2001 general election with a decreased vote share of 49.1% and an increased majority of 7,089.[15][13] He was again re-elected at the 2005 general election, with a decreased vote share of 44.9% and a decreased majority of 5,262.[16]
In October 2008, Hamilton was the first MP to hold a virtual surgery for constituents who can go to his constituency office while he is in London, and converse via webcam.[18]
Hamilton was again re-elected at the 2010 general election with a decreased vote share of 42.7% and a decreased majority of 4,545.[19][20]
He was a signatory of an open letter to the then-Labour Party leader Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.[21]
Hamilton was again re-elected at the 2015 general election, with an increased vote share of 47.9% and an increased majority of 7,250.[23]
On 7 January 2016, Hamilton was appointed a shadow Foreign Minister, outside the Shadow Cabinet.[24][25] On 29 June 2016, Hamilton was appointed as Shadow Europe Minister to replace Pat Glass, who resigned over concerns about Corbyn's leadership. Hamilton resigned a few days later on 4 July 2016, saying that he was troubled by Corbyn's response to the Chakrabarti Inquiry into anti-Semitism.[26]
At the snap 2017 general election, Hamilton was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 63.1% and an increased majority of 16,991.[27][28] He was re-elected as MP for Leeds North East at the 2019 general election with a decreased vote share of 57.5% and an increased majority of 17,089.[29][30][31] Hamilton was again re-elected at the 2024 general election, with a decreased vote share of 51.5% and a decreased majority of 16,083.[32]
In 2009 The Daily Telegraph reported that Hamilton had incorrectly claimed £3,000 on expenses for mortgage payments.[33] In addition to the interest on the mortgage, which can be claimed as an expense, Hamilton claimed for interest on an equity release scheme on the house, which cannot.
Hamilton responded in a statement that this was "a genuine mistake" and that the money was paid back when the error was discovered by the House of Commons Fees Office.[34] The Telegraph also accused Hamilton of "flipping" his second home designation to decorate and furnish both his constituency home in Leeds and London flat.[33] Hamilton defended his actions and accused the Daily Telegraph of "deliberately misrepresenting" him.[34]
Personal life
He married Rosemary in 1980: they have two daughters and a son.
He is a keen cyclist, and once cycled to Aachen, Germany, raising funds for the Funzi and Bodo Trust, a children's charity based in Kenya.[35]
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