Jeevun Sandher

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Dr
Jeevun Sandher
MP
Official portrait of Jeevun Sandher MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Loughborough
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Profession Economist
Committees Treasury Select Committee
Website www.jeevunsandher.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Dr Jeevun Gurpreet Singh Sandher [1] (born September 1990) [2] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the member of parliament for Loughborough since 2024, gaining the seat from Jane Hunt. [3] [4]

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Early life

Sandher was born in the UK into a British Punjabi Sikh family with origins from Jalandhar, Punjab. [5] [6]

Career

Sandher graduated with a PhD in Political Economy from King’s College London in 2022. [7] Prior to that he was awarded an MSc in Economic Development and Policy Analysis and a BA in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Nottingham. He now leads the economics team at the New Economics Foundation. [8] Before undertaking his doctorate, Sandher worked in Somaliland as an economist in the Ministry of Finance. He has also had roles in HM Treasury, and the Department for Work and Pensions, where he advised on budgeting, macroeconomic policy, inequality, poverty and social security. [7] While studying for his PhD, he co-hosted the Politics JaM podcast. [9] He was also an active member of the Young Fabians.

Political career

Sandher was approved as a member of the Treasury Select Committee in a Commons motion on 21 October 2024. [10] Politically, he has been described as sitting on the soft left of the Labour Party. [11]

Sandher is a co-sponsor of Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [12]

Personal life

Sandher and fellow newly elected Labour MP Louise Jones announced their engagement, shortly after his proposal on 1 December 2024. [13] He met the new North East Derbyshire MP in Loughborough in January 2023 when they were both still on the campaign trail.

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  2. ↑ Sandher, Jeevun (27 November 2020). "Ending extreme poverty". The New Statesman. The New Statesman . Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Breens, Julia (5 July 2024). "Loughborough votes overwhelmingly for change in General Election". Leicester Mercury. Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "UK Election: Record Number Of Indian-Origin MPs". NDTV.
  5. ↑ "UK Parliament to have 29 MPs of Indian origin". Economic Times India. 6 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Canton, Naomi (6 July 2024). "Meet the 29 new desi MPs in the House of Commons". UK News. The Times of India. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. 1 2 "King's alumnus wins seat at UK general election". King's College London - News. King's College London. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "DR JEEVUN SANDHER". New Economics Foundation. New Economics Foundation . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Politics JaM". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Business without Debate". Hansard. UK Parliament. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  11. ↑ Kendix, Max (12 July 2024). "The seven tribes of new Labour MPs". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill" (PDF). UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Political engagement - new MPs announce wedding plans". BBC News. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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