Clive Lewis (politician)
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Clive Lewis MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
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In office 6 October 2016 – 8 February 2017 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Greg Clark |
| Preceded by |
Jon Trickett (Business, Innovation and Skills) Barry Gardiner (Energy and Climate Change) |
| Succeeded by | Rebecca Long-Bailey |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 27 June 2016 – 6 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Michael Fallon |
| Preceded by | Emily Thornberry |
| Succeeded by | Nia Griffith |
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Member of Parliament for Norwich South |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Wright |
| Majority | 7,654 (15.8%) |
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11 September 1971 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
University of Bradford Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army (Territorial Army)
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| Years of service | 2006–09 |
| Unit | 7th Rifles |
Clive Anthony Lewis (born 11 September 1971) is a British Labour politician who has been the member of parliament (MP) for Norwich South since winning the seat at the 2015 general election from the sitting Liberal Democrat Simon Wright.
Lewis was born in London but grew up on a council estate in Northampton. He studied economics at the University of Bradford before being elected to various student union roles and then serving as vice-president of the National Union of Students. Lewis then worked as a TV reporter for BBC News, becoming BBC Look East's chief political correspondent. He was also one of the Labour government's National Black Role Models. In 2006, he passed out of Sandhurst as an infantry officer with the Territorial Army, and he served a three-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.
Selected as a candidate for Norwich South in 2011, Lewis often broke the party line on issues including nuclear weapons, tuition fees and immigration. Describing himself as a "proud socialist", he was elected by a comfortable margin as an MP for Norwich South. He was subsequently appointed as the Chair of the Humanist APPG. During the 2015 Labour leadership election, he was one of 36 MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn, and has remained a strong supporter of him. Appointed to Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in June 2016, Lewis was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the October 2016 reshuffle. He left the Shadow Cabinet on 8 February 2017 in protest over the Labour Party's decision to whip its MPs into voting to trigger Article 50.
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