Sion Simon
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Siôn Simon MEP |
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Member of the European Parliament for West Midlands |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Cashman |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Creative Industries | |
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In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
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Barbara Follett (as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Creative Industries) |
| Succeeded by |
Ed Vaizey (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Further Education | |
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In office 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | David Lammy |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Brennan(as Minister of State) |
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Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Robin Corbett |
| Succeeded by | Jack Dromey |
| Personal details | |
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Siôn Llewelyn Simon 23 December 1968 Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Website | www |
Siôn Llewelyn Simon (born 23 December 1968) is a British Labour Party politician who is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands. He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington from the 2001 General Election to the 2010 General Election. Simon was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Further Education and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Creative Industries. In 2010, he stood down from Parliament to campaign for direct election of the Mayor of Birmingham, with the intent of running in the first election. Having failed in that effort, Simon successfully ran in the 2014 EU elections but was the unsuccessful Labour candidate for West Midlands mayor in 2017. He began his political career as an "arch-Blairite" but has recently declared his support for Jeremy Corbyn.
He was born in Doncaster to Welsh-speaking parents but raised in Birmingham, where he lived in Great Barr, Handsworth and Handsworth Wood. Simon's parents were both teachers in Birmingham. Simon attended Handsworth Grammar School where he joined the Labour Party aged 16. Simon enrolled at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1987 where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He was elected President of the college Junior Common Room in his second year.
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