Luke Charters | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for York Outer | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Julian Sturdy |
| Majority | 9,391 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1995 (age 29–30) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | Huntington School,York |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | lukecharters |
Luke Jonathan Charters [1] (born 1995 [2] ) is a British Labour Party politician elected as Member of Parliament for York Outer in the general election held on 4 July 2024. [3]
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. [4] [5]
Charters was a company director of Charters-Reid Surveyors Ltd between October 2014 and October 2017. [6] In July 2020, Charters was appointed a company director of Roots Local Ltd, which operated as a cocktail bar. [7] [8] He resigned as a director in July 2022, with a notice of cessation as a person of significant control filed at Companies House in December 2022. [9] The accounts for the period up to 31 December 2022 have not been filed with Companies House, and remain overdue. [10] The company was placed in voluntary liquidation in 2023. [11]
Before his political career, Charters worked at the Bank of England and at the Financial Conduct Authority with a focus on fraud. [12] Charters subsequently worked in the fintech industry as a senior manager at the global payroll company, Remote. [13]
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. [14] [15] 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. [16]
Charters appointed Owen Trotter, a Labour donor, to run his parliamentary office. [17] [18] [19]
In November 2024, Charters voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [20]
Charters has campaigned for the creation of a national anti-fraud centre. [21] Charters was elected as the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Food Security. [22]
He has a wife and a son. [5]
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