Mark Sewards | |
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Member of Parliament for Leeds South West and Morley | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 8,423 (21.0%) |
Leeds City Councillor for Farnley and Wortley | |
In office 5 May 2022 –28 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ann Blackburn |
Succeeded by | David Blackburn |
Personal details | |
Born | Mark James Sewards 6 January 1990 (age 34) Leeds,England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Alice Smart |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Mark James Sewards MP [1] (born 6 January 1990) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds South West and Morley since 2024. [2] [3]
Sewards studied at Morley High School and studied Law at the University of Leeds,where he was also elected as the University Union's Communications and Internal Affairs Officer. [4] [5] He later served as Head of Maths at a comprehensive school in Middleton,Leeds for eight years. [6]
Prior to his election as Member of Parliament,Sewards stood as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough in 2017 and 2019 general elections.[ citation needed ]
He was elected as a Leeds City Councillor for Farnley and Wortley in 2022 until his resignation on 28 August 2024,following his election to the House of Commons on 4 July.
His wife,Alice Smart,has served as a Labour councillor for Armley on Leeds City Council since 2014. [7] The couple have two sons.
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