Alex Sobel

Alex Sobel
MP

Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017
Member of Parliament
for Leeds North West
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Preceded by Greg Mulholland
Majority 4,224 (9.1%)
Personal details
Born Alexander David Sobel
April 1975
Political party Labour Co-op

Alexander David Sobel[1] (born April 1975)[2] is a British politician, and the Labour Co-op Member of Parliament for Leeds North West in West Yorkshire, England.[3] He was elected at the 2017 general election,[4] succeeding Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland, who had held the seat since 2005.

Sobel's parents immigrated from Israel in 1971.[5] Sobel was educated at the University of Leeds, studying Information Systems.[6] Until his election as MP, Sobel worked with social enterprises and ran the regional body Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber.[6] His priorities as MP include protecting membership of the EU single market and nationalising energy, water and Royal Mail. He opposes the Trident nuclear programme.[7]

He has been a Labour councillor for the Moortown ward of Leeds City Council since 2012, elected in 2012 and again in 2016.[8] He led the council's work on air pollution and climate change.[9]

A member of the Jewish Labour Movement,[10] Sobel called in 2016 for the Jewish community to work with Naz Shah "so she better understands Jewish Life in the UK, Israel and the rest of the diaspora".[11] Sobel is also an Executive Committee Member for SERA, Labour's Environment Campaign.[12]

Sobel is the father of two children.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11779.
  2. ↑ "Community Worker Alexander David Sobel". directorstats.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Alex Sobel MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Leeds North West". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 Cohen, Justin (16 July 2017). "New Jewish MP 'proud' to represent city his immigrant parents made home". Jewish News. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 "About Alex". Alex Sobel. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Exclusive: 75% of Labour PPCs oppose Trident renewal". New Statesman. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Councillor Alex Sobel". Your Councillors. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2017. Includes photo
  9. ↑ "Real time #ElectionLeaflet monitoring". ElectionLeaflets.org. ElectionLeaflets.org. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Celebration for winners in the north, but chaos for voters in north London". The Jewish Chronicle. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Suspended MP Naz Shah tells synagogue: ‘I was ignorant about Judaism’". Jewish News. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "SERA’s 2016/17 Executive Committee". SERA - Labour's Environment Campaign. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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