Navendu Mishra

Navendu Prabhat Mishra[1] is a British Labour Party politician who became the MP for Stockport at the 2019 General Election.[2]

Navendu Mishra

MP
Member of Parliament
for Stockport
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byAnn Coffey
Majority10,039 (24.1%)
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
OccupationPolitician

Early life

He is of Indian ancestry; his mother is from Gorakhpur and his father is from Kanpur, both in Uttar Pradesh.[3]

Career

Before entering politics, Mishra was a shop-floor trade unionist in Stockport, before becoming an organiser for Unison and helping to organise care workers in precarious employment.[4]

He was a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee from September 2018 until December 2019.[5] As he was one of the nine representatives for Constituency Labour Parties, Mishra was ineligible to remain a member of the NEC upon his election as a Member of Parliament.

Mishra unsuccessfully contested the seat of Hazel Grove in the snap election of 2017, with a vote share of 20.5% in a seat that has traditionally been Conservative or Lib Dem. [6][7]

Mishra is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group.

Electoral record

2019 General Election[8]
General election 2019: Stockport
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Navendu Mishra 21,695 52.0 -11.3
Conservative Isy Imarni 11,656 27.9 -0.5
Liberal Democrats Wendy Meikle 5,043 12.1 +7.8
Brexit Party Lee Montague-Trenchard 1,918 4.6 +4.6
Green Helena Mellish 1,403 3.4 +3.0
Majority 10,039 24.1 -10.8
Turnout 41,715 64.1 -0.6
Labour hold Swing -5.9

2017 General Election[9]
General election 2017: Hazel Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Wragg 20,047 45.4 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smart 14,533 32.9 +6.7
Labour Nav Mishra 9,036 20.5 +2.9
Green Robbie Lee 516 1.2 -1.5
Majority 5,514 12.5 -3.1
Turnout 44,132 69.9 +1.4
Conservative hold Swing −1.4

References
  1. "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  2. "Stockport parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. "Mishra, Mohindra tipped to win Dec 12 polls, boost number of UK Indian MPs". Hindustan Times. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. "Mishra wins parliamentary candidacy in Stockport". Morning Star. August 11, 2019.
  5. "Full #JC9 slate elected to Labour's NEC". LabourList. September 3, 2018.
  6. "Hazel Grove - 2017 Election Results - General Elections Online". electionresults.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  7. Rodgers, Sienna. "NEC member Nav Mishra triumphs in Stockport selection race". LabourList. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  8. Johnson, Helen; Maidment, Adam (2019-12-12). "Stockport General Election 2019 results in full". men. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  9. "Hazel Grove - 2017 Election Results - General Elections Online". electionresults.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Ann Coffey		 Member of Parliament
for Stockport
2019–present		 Incumbent


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