Gavin Shuker
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Gavin Shuker MP |
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Member of Parliament for Luton South |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Margaret Moran |
| Majority | 5,711 (13.5%) |
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10 October 1981 Luton, Bedfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Lucie Shuker |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | www.gavinshuker.org |
Gavin Shuker (born 10 October 1981) is an English Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South since 2010. Shuker successfully defended the seat after his predecessor Margaret Moran stood down following controversy over her expenses. Shuker serves as Chair of the Parliamentary Co-operative Party and in 2013 he was appointed as a Shadow International Development Minister.
He left the Opposition Frontbench in September 2015, with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Party Leader. He cited "political differences" with Jeremy Corbyn.
A Lutonian, Shuker was educated at two state schools: Icknield Primary and Icknield High School. He was head boy at the latter. He then attended Luton Sixth Form College before going on acquire a degree in Social and Political Sciences at Girton College, Cambridge.
Shuker became leader and pastor of the City Life Church in Luton until he stood for parliament.
In May 2010 he won the seat in Luton South, beating the Conservative Nigel Huddleston, with the journalist and broadcaster Esther Rantzen a distant fourth. In October 2010, he was appointed PPS to the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Sadiq Khan, and was also appointed to the transport select committee. In March 2011 he was promoted again to become Shadow Minister at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with responsibility for water and waste.
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