Luke Charters

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Luke Charters
MP
Luke Charters Portrait - 2024.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for York Outer
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Website www.lukecharters.co.uk

Luke Jonathan Charters [1] (born 18 August 1995) is a British Labour Party politician elected as Member of Parliament for York Outer in the general election held on 4 July 2024. [2]

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Early life and education

Charters was educated at Huntington School, York before graduating from Oxford University with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He later obtained a master's degree in political science at the University of Chicago. [3] [4]

Parliamentary career

Charters previously stood for election for York Outer (as Luke Charters-Reid) in the 2017 general election when he was 21, coming second to the Conservative Party candidate, Julian Sturdy. [5] [6] Charters was elected as a councillor for the Wall End ward in the London Borough of Newham in 2022 prior to standing in York Outer. [7]

On 4 July 2024, Charters was elected as Member of Parliament for York Outer.

In October 2024, it emerged that Charters had hired Owen Trotter as his constituency manager. Trotter runs Key Capital Partners private equity firm and is reported to have donated over £55,000 to the Labour party since 2019. This includes almost £8,000 after the July 2024 election. [8] [9]

In November 2024, Charters voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [10]

Personal life

He has a wife and a young son. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "York Outer | General Election 2024". Sky News . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Glenton, Kevin (25 May 2024). "Luke Charters launches York Outer general election campaign". York Press. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 Lewis, Haydn (6 July 2024). "York Outer Labour MP Luke Charters sets out agenda". York Press. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Prest, Victoria (3 May 2017). "Labour names 21-year-old Luke Charters-Reid as York Outer candidate". York Press. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Prest, Victoria; Ross, Alex (9 June 2017). "GENERAL ELECTION 2017: Conservatives hold York Outer with reduced majority - Julian Sturdy backs Theresa May to continue as PM". York Press. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Latif, Sheeza. "Local Elections 2022". Newham Council. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "York MP Luke Charters defends giving office manager job to Labour donor". York Press. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Harris, Katie (14 October 2024). "Labour MP hands parliamentary job to party donor who gave £55,000". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading". Votes in Parliament. 29 November 2024.
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