Daniel Zeichner
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Daniel Zeichner MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Transport | |
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Assumed office 18 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | John Woodcock |
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Member of Parliament for Cambridge |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Julian Huppert |
| Majority | 599 (1.2%) |
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9 November 1956 Beckenham, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Domestic partner | Barbara |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Daniel Zeichner (born 9 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected in the 2015 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge, replacing the Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert. Before entering Parliament, Zeichner was a councillor for eight years.
Daniel Zeichner was born in Beckenham in 1956. His father was an Austrian immigrant and his mother was the descendant of agricultural workers from Cambridgeshire. As a teenager, Zeichner was a middle-distance runner. He attended Trinity School of John Whitgift, a former grammar school, turned independent school.
In 1976, Zeichner came to Cambridge University to read history at King's College. At King's, Zeichner met Barbara 'Budge' Ziolkowska who would become his life partner. They lived in Comberton, a village 6 miles (10 km) south-west of the city of Cambridge and joined the Labour Party in 1979.
Zeichner’s first job after graduation was as a trainee computer programmer, working for Cambridgeshire County Council at the registry office next to Shire Hall on Castle Hill in Cambridge. He would later work in IT for a number of companies, including Philips in East Chesterton and at Perkins Engines in Peterborough.
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