Stephen Morgan (British politician)

Stephen Morgan
MP
Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017
Member of Parliament
for Portsmouth South
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Preceded by Flick Drummond
Majority 1,554 (3.5%)
Member of Portsmouth City Council for the Charles Dickens Ward
Assumed office
5 May 2016
Preceded by Margaret Foster
Personal details
Born Stephen James Morgan[1]
(1981-01-17) 17 January 1981
Fratton, Portsmouth, UK
Political party Labour
Alma mater University of Bristol
Goldsmiths, University of London
Website Official website

Stephen James Morgan (born 17 January 1981)[2] is a British Labour Party politician[3] who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth South since the 2017 general election.[4]

Morgan is from Fratton, a district of Portsmouth; where he attended Priory School and Portsmouth College in the city.[5] He then went on to study politics and sociology at the University of Bristol before gaining a master's degree in politics at Goldsmiths in London.[6]

After graduating he worked at various departments at Portsmouth City Council, before becoming Head of Community Engagement for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.[7] In 2015 he became CEO of Basingstoke Voluntary Action.[8][9] This role allowed him to run for public office and in May 2016 he became the councillor for a central ward in Portsmouth City Council. Later that year he became the Leader of the Portsmouth Labour Group.[10]

On 8 June 2017, a snap general election which was called by British Prime Minister Theresa May was held, where he defeated the incumbent Conservative MP Flick Drummond for the Portsmouth South seat by a majority of 1,554 and a swing of 9.4% to Labour.[11] This makes him the first member of his party to represent the seat since its creation in 1918. In his victory speech Morgan said, "Portsmouth had voted for hope".[12]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11784.
  2. ↑ "Stephen Morgan MP". myparliament.info. MyParliament. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Portsmouth Labour Party". Portsmouth Labour Party. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Stephen Morgan MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Morgan, Stephen. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Labour's new Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan: 'I will champion the people of this city'". Portsmouth News. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "About Stephen Morgan". Stephen Morgan. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Basingstoke Voluntary Action". Companies House. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Stephen Morgan Starts as New Chief Executive at BVA" (PDF). Hampshire CVS Network. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "City Council Elections 2016 - Thursday, 5th May, 2016". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Labour gain Portsmouth South seat from Conservatives". BBC News. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "New Labour MP for Portsmouth South says city 'voted for hope'". Portsmouth News. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Flick Drummond		 Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
2017–present		 Incumbent


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