Jacob Collier | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Burton and Uttoxeter | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Kate Kniveton |
Majority | 2,266 (5.0%) |
Personal details | |
Born | [ citation needed ] Burton upon Trent,Staffordshire,England | 20 May 1997
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
Jacob Bracewell Collier (born 20 May 1997) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Burton and Uttoxeter since 2024. [1]
Jacob Collier was born in Burton-upon-Trent in 1997 and grew up in Stretton. [2] He attended William Shrewsbury Primary School and de Ferrers Academy. [3] [4] He read History and Politics at the University of Nottingham. [4] Collier was elected as Community Officer for the University of Nottingham Students' Union. [5] He became chair of Nottingham Labour Students before graduating in 2018. [6]
Collier worked in communications for Thera, a company working with people with learning disabilities and from 2021 was a communications officer at the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, where he was also a union representative for Unison. [7] [4] [6] [8]
Collier was elected as MP for Burton and Uttoxeter at the general election in July 2024 with a 2,266 majority, gaining the seat from the Conservatives.
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