Melanie Onn
| Melanie Onn MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Austin Mitchell |
| Majority | 4,540 (13.5%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 June 1979 Grimsby, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Middlesex University |
| Website | Campaign website |
Melanie Onn (born 19 June 1979) is a British Labour Party politician who has been MP for Great Grimsby since May 2015[1] and Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons since September 2015.
Education and early life
Born in Grimsby, Onn was educated at Franklin College, Grimsby, and studied Politics, Philosophy and International Studies at the University of Middlesex.[2][3]
Early political career
Onn worked for 10 years at the Labour Party's head office, becoming the head of the party's Compliance Unit.[4] In 2009, she stood in the European Parliament elections for the Yorkshire and Humber region, placed fifth on Labour's regional list.[5] From 2010, she was a regional organiser for the public sector trade union UNISON.[6]
Member of Parliament
Onn was selected as the Labour candidate for Great Grimsby in July 2014, following the announcement that the sitting MP, Austin Mitchell, would retire at the next election.[7][8] In the 2015 general election, she retained the seat for her party with a majority of 4,540, up from 714 in the previous election.[9]
On 20 July 2015, she abstained from the vote on the Conservative government's Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which restricts child benefit to the first two children in a family and lowers the benefit cap from £26,000 to £20,000 per household.[10] The bill was voted through by 308 to 124 Members of Parliament, despite 48 Labour MPs disobeying the party line of abstention by voting against the bill.[11]
She described the shadow cabinet secretary positions in health, business, international development, education and defence - among others - as "tea-making jobs" when they were given to women following newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's September 2015 reorganisation of the party's front bench.[12]
In September 2015, Onn was appointed Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, working alongside Shadow Leader Chris Bryant.[13]
References
- ↑ "2015 General Election - Great Grimsby Result". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ "Melanie Onn chosen as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Great Grimsby". Grimsby Telegraph. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ↑ "Melanie Onn selected as Great Grimsby Labour candidate". BBC News. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-onn-52bb8422
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/5291346/European-elections-2009-Yorkshire-and-the-Humber-region.html
- ↑ http://labourlist.org/2014/07/ppc-selected-in-key-marginal-seat-great-grimsby/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-28511125
- ↑ "Austin Mitchell bids emotional farewell at retirement celebration". Grimsby Telegraph. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000716
- ↑ Welfare bill: These are the 184 Labour MPs who didn’t vote against the Tories' cuts - The Independent. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Welfare cuts backed amid Labour revolt - BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ BBC Radio Humberside. 14 September 2015.
- ↑ Chakelian, Anoosh (18 September 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet: the full list of ministers". The New Statesman. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
External links
- Melanie Onn MP official site
- Melanie Onn on Facebook
Video clips
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Austin Mitchell |
Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby 2015–present |
Incumbent |