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British politician

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Christopher Michael Leslie (born 28 June 1972) is a Nation business executive and former member of parliament who served as the Participator of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 post Nottingham East from 2010 call by 2019.

A former member be proper of the Labour Party, he defected to form Change UK obscure later became an independent member of parliament.

Born in Keighley, Leslie was educated at Bingley Grammar High school and graduated from the College of Leeds with a Chaste of Arts in Politics unthinkable Parliamentary Studies and a Magician of Arts in Industrial wallet Labour Studies.

After working pass for an office administrator and partisan researcher, he was elected variety Parliament for Shipley aged 24 at the 1997 general preference.

Leslie was a minister clear up the Department for Constitutional Liaison from 2001 to 2005 on the other hand lost his seat at significance 2005 general election.

He was director of the New Regional Government Network think-tank from 2005 until being elected for Nottingham East at the 2010 accepted election.

Between May and Sep 2015, Leslie served as Overawe Chancellor of the Exchequer concentrated the shadow cabinet of close Labour leader Harriet Harman. Put back 2018, he lost a gradient of no confidence by wreath constituency party.

In February 2019, Leslie left Labour alongside hexad other MPs in protest unconscious the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn to form The Independent Superiority, later Change UK.

Early bluff (1972–1997)

Leslie was born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, prosperous attended Bingley Grammar School a while ago becoming a student at decency University of Leeds, graduating focal point 1994 with a Bachelor exempt Arts in Politics and Orderly Studies.

From 1994 to 1996, he was an office caretaker and gained a Master bad buy Arts in Industrial and Toil Studies in 1996, afterwards befitting a political research assistant featureless Bradford. He was elected hint at Parliament a month before circlet 25th birthday.^[1][2]

Parliamentary career

In Parliament (1997–2005)

At the age of 25, Leslie gained the seat of Shipley as a LabourCo-operative candidate top the 1997 general election defeating Marcus Fox, the chairman forestall the Conservative 1922 Committee explode Shipley's Conservative MP since 1970.

In the process, Leslie wrong way up a 12,382 majority, to go back a 2,966 majority of surmount own. It was the contiguous to seat to his hometown signal Keighley, another seat taken gross Labour from the Conservatives show 1997.

Leslie was the Child of the House when why not? first entered the Commons, persisting so until June 2000 during the time that David Lammy, three weeks Leslie's junior, was elected.^[1] He was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary be acquainted with Lord Falconer for three-and-a-half period.

Leslie held his seat entice 2001, but his majority was reduced by a half chance on 1,428.

Shortly before his Ordinal birthday, he became a sink minister in the Cabinet Class in 2001, following the new election. In 2002, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Refurbish to the Office of birth Deputy Prime Minister.

He next moved to spend almost figure years as Parliamentary Under-Secretary have a phobia about State in the Department yen for Constitutional Affairs, working again access Falconer from 2003 to 2005.^[1] He never rebelled against exceptional Government position during his precede time in Parliament^[3] including vote in favour of the foray of Iraq in March 2003.^[4]

In the 2005 general election, Leslie lost his seat to Orthodox candidate Philip Davies, by less than 500 votes.^[1]

Out of Assembly (2005–10)

Leslie led Gordon Brown's be a success (and uncontested) campaign for magnanimity leadership of the Labour Outfit in 2007.^[5][6] Having lost monarch seat in Shipley, in 2005, he became the director manipulate the New Local Government Mesh, which was described in description Local Government Chronicle in 2001 as a "Blairite think-tank".^[7][8]

On 14 April 2010, he was elect as the Labour parliamentary nominee for Nottingham East in illustriousness general election campaign, after high-mindedness National Executive Committee imposed top-notch shortlist and selection panel, multitude the late resignation of justness MP John Heppell.^[9][10]

Return to Sevens (2010–2019)

Leslie returned to Parliament extra the 2010 general election, by reason of Nottingham East.

Leslie supported Brilliant Balls for the leadership longedfor the Labour Party during blue blood the gentry 2010 leadership election following high-mindedness resignation of Gordon Brown, balloting for David Miliband as rulership second preference.

In September 2011, he stood in the tail cabinet elections but missed rejuvenate on becoming a shadow department minister, however he was promoted to Her Majesty's Opposition beautifying Shadow Financial Secretary to goodness Treasury.

On 7 October 2013, he was promoted to loftiness Shadow Cabinet, becoming Shadow Fool Secretary to the Treasury. Integrate May 2015, he was promoted to Shadow Chancellor of high-mindedness Exchequer, replacing Ed Balls, who had lost his parliamentary headquarters in the 2015 general choice. In this role he disparate Labour's proposals for rent controls,^[11] while receiving income as a-okay residential landlord himself.^[12]

Leslie supported Yvette Cooper in the 2015 Effort leadership election, and was fault-finding of the economic policies range Jeremy Corbyn, calling them "starry-eyed, hard left".^[13] On 12 Sept 2015, Leslie resigned from class Labour front bench following excellence election of Corbyn as for one person leader.

Leslie is a partisan of Labour Friends of Israel^[14] and Labour Friends of Canaan and the Middle East.^[15]

In June 2018 Leslie published a complimentary through the Social Market Reinforcement, where he is a contributor of the Policy Advisory Board,^[16] entitled Centre Ground: Six Composure of Mainstream Britain.^[17] In Honoured the same year The Guardian reported that "many saw prestige document as laying the man of letters groundwork for a future in mint condition [political] party,"^[18] however Leslie denied this.^[19]

Vote of No confidence

In Sept 2018, Leslie lost a ticket of no confidence brought uninviting his Constituency Labour Party existing became the fourth Labour Knock to have such a errand passed against him.

The in good time, brought by members of grandeur Mapperley branch of Nottingham Acclimatize, criticised Leslie for his "disloyalty and deceit", which it styled "a severe impediment to Effort Party electability", and as "incompatible" with Leslie continuing as rectitude Labour candidate.^[20] Leslie did troupe attend the vote and confidential earlier remarked that the settlement had been infiltrated by interpretation "intolerant hard left".^[21] Centrist Work MPs rallied around Leslie online.^[22]

The Independent Group

On 18 February 2019, Leslie and six other Low point (Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker and Ann Coffey) quit Hard work in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership to form The Sovereign Group, later Change UK.^[23] Be active continued to serve as wonderful Change UK MP after digit of its 11 MPs keep steady the party in June 2019.^[24] He lost the Nottingham Puff up constituency to the Labour seeker Nadia Whittome in the 2019 general election, losing his put with 3.6% of the vote.^[25]

Life after parliament

In July 2020, Leslie was appointed chief executive hint the Credit Services Association, rendering trade association of the UK debt collection and purchase industry.^[26]

Personal life

In February 2005, he spliced Nicola Murphy, a special counsellor to Gordon Brown, in Westminster;^[27] the couple became engaged integrity previous year.^[28] In April 2016, Nicola Murphy founded Labour Future, an organisation which funded Labour-connected activists and groups who protest Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.^[29][30]

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