10/06/2013-16/06/2013 - Notable People in the Labour Party

Ed Miliband

·        MP for Doncaster North

·        Website: www.labour.org.uk/ed_miliband

·        Twitter: @Ed_Miliband

Edward Samuel Miliband is the leader of the Labour Party and will become Prime Minister if they win the next election. He was born on the 24^th December 1969 in London. He is the younger brother of David Miliband, another Labour politician who he beat in the bid to become leader. He is also the youngest son of Ralph Miliband, who was a thinker of the Marxist theory. He gained a Masters Degree in Economics at the London School of Economics, he then became an advisor for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Commons in the 2005 general election and became Minister for Energy and Climate Change in 2008. He lost this in 2010 when Labour lost the general election.

Harriet Harman

·        MP for Camberwell and Peckham

·        Website: www.harrietharman.org

·        Twitter: @HarrietHarman

Harriet Ruth Harman is the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. She was born on the 30^th July 1950 in West London, she grew up there. She held Cabinet Posts in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She was the acting leader of the Labour Party when Gordon Brown resigned and stopped when Ed Miliband became leader. She was first elected to Parliament from a by-election in 1982.

Ed Balls

·        MP for Morely and Outwood

·        Website: www.edballs.co.uk

·        Twitter: @edballsmp

Edward Michael ‘Ed’ Balls is the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was born in Norwich and grew up in Nottinghamshire. He was first elected in the 2005 general election he was the Secretary of State for children, schools and families from June 2007 to May 2010. He ran for the election to become Labour Party leader but lost to Ed Miliband.

Douglas Alexander

·        MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South

·        Website: www.douglasalexander.org.uk

·        Twitter: @DAlexanderMP

Douglas Garven Alexander is the shadow minister for Work and Pensions. He was born on 26^th October 1967 in Scotland. Before 2010 he was Minister for International Development. He was first elected in 1997 in a by election.

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