Jamie Reed

For other people named Jamie Reed, see Jamie Reed (disambiguation).
Jamie Reed
MP
Member of Parliament
for Copeland
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded by Jack Cunningham
Majority 3,833 (6.5%)
Personal details
Born (1973-08-04) 4 August 1973
Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Alma mater Manchester Metropolitan
University
Religion Methodist

Jamieson Ronald Reed (born 4 August 1973) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Copeland in Cumbria since 2005, replacing Copeland's long-serving former MP Jack Cunningham (now Lord Cunningham of Felling).

Early life

Reed was born in Whitehaven. He attended Whitehaven School and Manchester Metropolitan University. Before election as an MP he worked as a Press Officer at Sellafield, a former nuclear power station and nuclear waste reprocessing installation, in his constituency, and had served on Copeland Borough Council.

Parliamentary career

In his maiden speech, Reed declared himself to be a Jedi in the debate over the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill under consideration in Parliament. His comment was intended to be taken ironically and raise the issue of how the Bill would define what was and wasn't a religion.

Jamie Reed has also referred to himself as a "good Methodist" in parliamentary debate:[1]

As a good Methodist, I shall refuse the opportunity to bet. My hon. Friend mentioned the economic estimates done by a German economist on the amount of money spent on nuclear technology and nuclear research and development. Are we talking principally about the civil nuclear sector? Is the military nuclear sector also included? He also mentioned the IAEA. It does not exist to promote the nuclear industry; it exists to give it some kind of international regulatory framework.

He previously served on the frontbench as a Shadow Environment Minister, and as a Shadow Health Minister under Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Andy Burnham. He also helped out his party leader, Ed Miliband, who declared he felt "respect" on seeing a white van, following Emily Thornberry's "White Van Gate" tweet prior to the Rochester and Strood by-election, 2014 result,[2] stating during PMQs: "When I see a white van, I wonder whether it's my father or my brother who is driving".[3]

On 12 September 2015, one minute into Jeremy Corbyn's acceptance speech as leader of the Labour Party, he publicly resigned as shadow Health Minister giving as his reason Corbyn's opposition to nuclear energy.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster (2008-01-22). "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 22 Jan 2008 (pt 0016)". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  2. ↑ www.bbc.co.uk
  3. ↑ "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 26 Nov 2014 (pt 0001)". parliament.uk.
  4. ↑ "Jamie Reed on Twitter". Retrieved 2015-09-12.

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Jack Cunningham		 Member of Parliament
for Copeland
2005–present 		Incumbent
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