Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy
Member of Parliament
for Wigan
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by Neil Turner
Majority 10,487 (23.8%)
Personal details
Born 9 August 1979
Manchester, Greater Manchester England[1]
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Alma mater Newcastle University
Birkbeck, University of London

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 Wigan constituency, in Greater Manchester, since the 2010 general election[4] and is one of six Asian female MPs.[5][6]

Early career

Nandy was born in Manchester, Greater Manchester to Luise Nandy (née Byers) and her then husband Dipak Nandy.[7][8] Luise Byers' father, Lord Byers, was a Liberal Party MP and held many offices in the party.[9] Nandy grew up both in Manchester and in Bury, Greater Manchester, where her family later moved to. She graduated from Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear, in 2001 with a degree in politics and obtained a master's degree in public policy from Birkbeck, 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][10] 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.[11]

Political career

Nandy served as a Labour councillor in the Shepherds Bush Green ward, Hammersmith and Fulham, from 4 May 2006 to 10 May 2010.[12] She was selected as the Labour parliamentary candidate for Wigan constituency in February 2010 from an all-women shortlist.[13] Elected to Parliament on 7 May 2010, she became the constituency's first female MP[14] 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[15] and was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet Minister for the Olympics, Tessa Jowell, in October 2010.[16] In 2012, she was made shadow junior education minister after the reshuffle triggered by the resignation of Peter Hain. In October 2013 she was appointed shadow charities minister.[17]

Personal life

Her partner Andy Collis is a public relations consultant. She had a son, Otis, in Wigan Infirmary on 29 April 2015.[18]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Election 2010: Lisa Nandy (Lab)". Manchester Evening News (M.E.N. Media). May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Wigan Council. 20 April 2010. p. 7. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Lisa Nandy". Democracy Live (BBC). 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Election 2010: Constituency: Wigan". BBC News (BBC). 7 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bano, Rahila (31 March 2010). "Asian women set to make Westminster breakthrough". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Six Asian Women MPs elected in UK". DESIblitz. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  7. ↑ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Kelly's Directories. 2000. p. 255. ISBN 9780333545775.
  8. ↑ Ali, Arif (1988). Third World impact (8 ed.). Hansib Pub. p. 39. ISBN 9781870518048.
  9. ↑ http://www.scribd.com/doc/207917124/Keeping-it-in-the-Family
  10. ↑ "Lisa Nandy". Refugee and Migrant Justice. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  11. ↑ "Policy Area – Young Refugees". The Children's Society. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  12. ↑ "Councillor Lisa Nandy". London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  13. ↑ Smith, Mark (4 February 2010). "The Northerner: 'I bet she had to ask for directions to Wigan'". guardian.co.uk (London: Guardian News and Media). Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  14. ↑ "Lisa Nandy: 'I am proud to be first female MP for Wigan'". Wigan Today (Johnston Publishing). 7 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  15. ↑ "Education Committee – membership". UK Parliament Website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  16. ↑ "Wigan MP Lisa Nandy Promoted to Olympic Role in Labour's Shadow Team". Lisa Nandy: Labour MP for Wigan. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  17. ↑ Ainsworth, David (9 October 2013). "Lisa Nandy is appointed shadow charities minister in Labour reshuffle". Third Sector. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Labour success for Nandy". Wigan Today. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Neil Turner		 Member of Parliament for Wigan
2010–present 		Incumbent