Jake Richards | |
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Member of Parliament for Rother Valley | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Stafford |
Majority | 998 (2.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacob Ben Richards 5 July 1989 London |
Political party | Labour |
Parent | Steve Richards |
Education | Highgate School (Senior School) Woodhouse College (Sixth Form) |
Alma mater | Somerville College,Oxford City,University of London |
Jacob Ben Richards (born 5 July 1989) [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Rother Valley since 2024. [2] [3]
Jacob Ben Richards [4] was born on 5 July 1989,the son of journalist and broadcaster Steve Richards. [5] He was educated at Highgate School,a private fee-paying school in North London,and then attended Woodhouse College. He read History at Somerville College,Oxford. [6]
Following his undergraduate studies,he completed the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) at City,University of London. [7] He was called to the bar in 2017. [8] He worked as a barrister at Deka Chambers in London; [9] his colleague Catherine Atkinson was also elected as a Labour MP at the 2024 general election. [10]
Richards was selected as the Labour candidate for Rother Valley after the previous candidate,Dominic Beck,stood down in December 2022 following concerns over his position on Rotherham Council during the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. [11]
Richards is a co-sponsor of Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on assisted suicide. [12] He has served as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee since October 2024.
He is engaged to the Sky News political correspondent Liz Bates,with whom he has a daughter. [13]
Richard's sister is a Special Advisor (SpAd) to the current Home Secretary,Yvette Cooper MP. Additionally,his brother in law is Gregor Poynton MP,Member of Parliament for Livingston [ citation needed ].
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