| Lisa Nandy MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Wigan |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Turner |
| Majority | 10,487 (23.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1979 Manchester, England[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Lisa Eva Nandy[2] (born 9 August 1979)[3] is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Wigan in Greater Manchester, since the 2010 general election[4] and is one of six Asian female MPs in the country.[5][6]
Nandy was born in Manchester and grew up there and in Bury, Greater Manchester, where her family later moved to. She graduated from Newcastle University in 2001 with a degree in politics and obtained a master's degree in public policy from the University of London. She has worked in the voluntary sector, as a researcher at the homelessness charity Centrepoint from 2003 to 2005, and then as senior policy adviser at The Children's Society from 2005,[1][7] where she specialised in issues facing young refugees, also acting as adviser to the Children's Commissioner for England and to the Independent Asylum Commission.[8]
Nandy served as a Labour councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham from 4 May 2006 to 10 May 2010.[9] She was selected as the Labour parliamentary candidate for Wigan in February 2010 from an all-women shortlist.[10] Elected to Parliament on 7 May 2010, she became the constituency's first female MP[11] and one of the first six Asian female MPs elected to Parliament.[5][6] She was appointed to the Education Select Committee on 12 July 2010[12] and was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet Minister for the Olympics, Tessa Jowell, in October 2010.[13]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Neil Turner |
Member of Parliament for Wigan 2010–present |
Incumbent |