Rebecca Long-Bailey
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Rebecca Long-Bailey MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
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Assumed office 9 February 2017 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Greg Clark |
| Preceded by | Clive Lewis |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 27 June 2016 – 9 February 2017 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing |
Greg Hands David Gauke |
| Preceded by | Seema Malhotra |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dowd |
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Member of Parliament for Salford and Eccles |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Hazel Blears |
| Majority | 12,541 (29%) |
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22 September 1979 Stretford, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Bailey |
| Children | 1 son |
| Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Website | Official website |
Rebecca Long-Bailey (born 22 September 1979) is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles in the 2015 general election. She has been Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since February 2017.
Rebecca Long-Bailey was born Rebecca Long, in Old Trafford, to Irish parents on 22 September 1979. Her father, Jimmy Long, was a Salford docker and a trade union representative at Shell, Barton Docks. She attended The Catholic High School, Chester.
She began her working life serving at the shop counter of a pawn shop, an experience that she says "taught [her] more about the struggles of life than any degree or qualification ever could." She also worked in call centres, a furniture factory, and as a postwoman before eventually studying to become a solicitor.
She studied Politics and Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, then completed a law degree.
She worked as a solicitor at law firms Halliwells, Pinsent Masons and Hill Dickinson, specialising in commercial law, commercial property, NHS contracts and NHS estates.
When Hazel Blears decided to stand down, Long stood as a candidate for Salford and Eccles, and received the backing of the Unite union, Salford’s elected mayor, Ian Stewart, and former Salford council leader John Merry, when the Labour Party decided to have a woman-only shortlist.
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