Julia Buckley

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Julia Buckley
MP
Julia Buckley Portrait - 2024.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Shrewsbury
Website Official website

Julia Buckley is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury since 2024. [1]

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Early political career

Buckley worked in the European Parliamen t for 5 years as a policy advisor, and went on to work as an EU funding specialist in regional and local government including at Wolverhampton City Council. In the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, she was a candidate placed third on the West Midlands party list. [2]

She was elected as Councillor for the Bridgnorth West and Tasley Division in Shropshire Council in the 2021 United Kingdom local elections, having previously contested Bridgnorth East and Astley Abbotts in 2017. [3] [4] [5] She was also elected as Councillor for the Bridgnorth Town East Ward in Bridgnorth Town Council in 2017. [6] [7] She became leader of the Shropshire Labour Group in 2022, in opposition on the Shropshire Council. [8]

She is affiliated to the Unison trade union. [3]

Parliamentary career

Buckley was inspired by her friend Jo Cox to run for parliament which she did in the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [9] Buckley is the first woman to represent the town of Shrewsbury as an MP, as well as the first Labour Party MP for the constituency of Shrewsbury, which was re-established in 2024. [10] She previously contested its predecessor seat, Shrewsbury and Atcham, in the 2019 general election, coming second place to its incumbent Conservative MP, Daniel Kawczynski. [11]

She is a member on the Environmental Audit Select Committee [12] and is the Chair of the APPG on Local Markets. [13]

In November 2024, Buckley voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [14]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency was renamed "Shrewsbury" at the 2024 general election, with minor boundary changes.

References

  1. ↑ "Shrewsbury | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. ↑ "2019 European elections: List of candidates for the West Midlands". 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  3. 1 2 "Councillor details - Julia Buckley". Shropshire Council. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Unitary results - May 4 2017". Shropshire Council. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Unitary results - May 6 2021". Shropshire Council. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  6. ↑ "Town and Parish results - May 4 2017". Shropshire Council. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  7. ↑ "Julia Buckley". Bridgnorth Town Council. 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  8. ↑ Robertson, Dominic (2022-01-11). "New leader for Shropshire council's Labour group". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  9. ↑ Robertson, Dominic (2019-11-16). "Shrewsbury Labour candidate inspired by murdered friend Jo Cox". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  10. ↑ "Labour historic win with first female MP for Shrewsbury". BBC News. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  11. ↑ "Shrewsbury & Atcham Parliamentary constituency". BBC News . Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Environmental Audit Committee membership appointed - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  13. ↑ "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 20 November 2024: Local Markets". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  14. ↑ "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading". Votes in Parliament. 29 November 2024.


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