Steve Race | |
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Member of Parliament for Exeter | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ben Bradshaw |
Majority | 11,937 (29.7%) |
Member of Hackney London Borough Council for Hoxton East and Shoreditch | |
In office 3 May 2018 –2 May 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Stephen Race [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Exeter since 2024. [2]
Race was born in Hull in 1983,and had a younger sister who was born with Hurler Syndrome,an incurable genetic condition. He attended Manchester University.
Between 2007 and 2011 he worked as a Senior Parliamentary Researcher for Exeter's Member of Parliament,Ben Bradshaw. [3] Subsequently he was an Associate Director with FleishmanHillard and served as a councillor on Hackney Council,representing Hoxton East and Shoreditch from 2018 until 2024.
He contested East Devon in the 2015 general election. [4] In July 2022 members of Exeter Labour Party selected him from a shortlist of four to be their parliamentary candidate,following Ben Bradshaw's decision to retire at the next General Election after 25 years of representing Exeter.
He is listed as an LGBTQ+ Member of Parliament in 2024 by PinkNews . [5]
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