Rebecca Long-Bailey

Rebecca Long-Bailey
MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Assumed office
9 February 2017
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Shadowing Greg Clark
Preceded by Clive Lewis
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
27 June 2016 – 9 February 2017
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Shadowing Greg Hands
David Gauke
Preceded by Seema Malhotra
Succeeded by Peter Dowd
Member of Parliament
for Salford and Eccles
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Hazel Blears
Majority 19,132 (40.2%)
Personal details
Born Rebecca Long
(1979-09-22) 22 September 1979
Stretford, Greater Manchester, England
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Steve Bailey
Children 1
Alma mater Manchester Metropolitan
University
Website Official website

Rebecca Long-Bailey (born 22 September 1979)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles at the 2015 general election.[2]

She has been Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since February 2017.

Early life

Rebecca Long-Bailey was born Rebecca Long in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, to Irish parents on 22 September 1979.[3] Her father, Jimmy Long, was a Salford docker and a trade union representative at Shell, Barton Docks.[1] She attended Chester Catholic High School.

She began her working life serving at the shop counter of a pawn shop, an experience that she says "taught [her] more about the struggles of life than any degree or qualification ever could." She also worked in call centres, a furniture factory, and as a postwoman before eventually studying to become a solicitor.[4]

She studied politics and sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, then completed "various part-time law conversion and solicitors’ courses."[5]

Career

She worked as a solicitor at law firms Halliwells, Pinsent Masons and Hill Dickinson,[6] specialising in commercial law, commercial property, NHS contracts and NHS estates.[1]

When Hazel Blears decided to stand down, Long stood as a candidate for Salford and Eccles, and received the backing of Unite Union, Salford's elected mayor, Ian Stewart, and former Salford council leader John Merry, when the Labour Party decided to have a woman-only shortlist.[3]

Long-Bailey was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015.[7] After winning the leadership of the party, Corbyn replaced Hilary Benn on Labour's NEC with Long-Bailey.[8]

In June 2016, Long-Bailey was appointed as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury after mass resignations from the shadow cabinet necessitated a reshuffle.[9] Following Clive Lewis's resignation from the Shadow Cabinet on 8 February 2017 over Corbyn's whipping of the Article 50 vote, Long-Bailey was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.[10]

Personal life

Long-Bailey is married and has a son.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jamieson, Sophie (29 April 2015). "Female MPs: Parliament's future front bench stars". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Salford & Eccles". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Keeling, Neal (20 June 2014). "High-flying solicitor is in the running to stand for Hazel Blears seat". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "About Me". rebeccalongbailey.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. 1 2 Piasecka, Dominika (30 April 2015). "Working class woman transformed into fervent politician". Quays News. University of Salford. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Rose, Neil (27 June 2016). "Labour's legal leaders join Shadow Cabinet rebellion". legalfutures. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Fenton, Siobhan (15 June 2015). "Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election?". New Statesman. London. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Gibbon, Gary (27 September 2015). "Hilary Benn bumped off NEC as Trident debate looms (blog)". Gary Gibbon on Politics | Channel 4. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Staff writer (27 June 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn unveils new top team after resignations". BBC News. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. ↑ @jeremycorbyn (9 February 2017). "I'm pleased to announce appointments to Labour's Shadow Cabinet @RLong_Bailey @SueHayman1 @Rees4Neath @Peter_Dowd" (Tweet) – via Twitter. .
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hazel Blears		 Member of Parliament
for Salford and Eccles
2015–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Seema Malhotra		 Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2016–2017		 Succeeded by
Peter Dowd
Preceded by
Clive Lewis		 Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2017–present		 Incumbent
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