Luke Myer | |
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Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Sir Simon Clarke |
Majority | 214 (0.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Middlesbrough,North Yorkshire,England | 5 May 1995
Political party | Labour |
Education | Prior Pursglove Sixth Form College |
Alma mater | Edge Hill University |
Luke Myer (born 5 May 1995) is a British Labour politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2024.
Myer was born in Middlesbrough and grew up in the village of Brotton,North Yorkshire. [1] He attended Freebrough Specialist Engineering College and Prior Pursglove College,before training as a teacher. [2] [3] [4] Myer studied at Edge Hill University,where he served as the student union's Vice President for Academic Representation. [5] He unsuccessfully contested the National Union of Students role of Vice President for Higher Education. [5]
He worked on education policy at the UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education,and served on the board of a Middlesbrough SEND charity. [6] [7]
Myer later joined the centre-left think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) as a research fellow and policy analyst,specialising in economic development policy in the North East. [8] [1] [3] He remained active in East Cleveland,volunteering as a school governor and raising money for a local foodbank during the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [10]
From 2021 to 2024,Myer served in local government; [11] in his election to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council,he defeated Conservative police commissioner Steve Turner as well as unseating the local Conservative council leader. [12] [13] He served as Cabinet Member for Children,where he introduced a child poverty strategy,opened new rural children's centres,and reduced the department's budget deficit. [14] [1] [15] [16]
He was elected to Parliament at the 2024 general election,defeating former Conservative minister Sir Simon Clarke with a majority of only 214 votes. [17]
Myer was elected chair of the all-party parliamentary group on carbon capture and storage;in October 2024,the government announced £4 billion for the sector in Teesside. [18] [19]
He is married to his wife,Beth. [20] He is openly LGBT+. [21]
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Jacob Young was a British Conservative Party politician and served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up from 18 September 2023,until losing his seat in July 2024. He previously served as Assistant Government Whip between September 2022 and September 2023. He was elected as MP for Redcar at the 2019 general election. He was the first Conservative MP to represent the constituency.
The 2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The non-metropolitan county of Cleveland was created under the Local Government Act 1972,which came into effect on 1 April 1974,comprising the urban areas around the mouth of the River Tees,previously parts of the administrative counties of Durham and North Riding of Yorkshire. Cleveland was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county,being succeeded by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool,Middlesbrough,Redcar and Cleveland,and Stockton-on-Tees. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election,the four authorities were considered separately,with Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland being combined.
The 2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. All 59 seats were up for election. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's elections are held every four years.