Stephen Kinnock
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The Honourable Stephen Kinnock MP |
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Member of Parliament for Aberavon |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Hywel Francis |
| Majority | 10,445 (33.1%) |
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Stephen Nathan Kinnock 1 January 1970 Tredegar, Wales, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) |
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1996–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
Neil Kinnock Glenys Parry |
| Alma mater |
Queens' College, Cambridge College of Europe |
Stephen Nathan Kinnock (born 1 January 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberavon at the United Kingdom general election, 2015. His wife is the former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and his father, Neil Kinnock, served as the (Labour) Leader of the Opposition of the United Kingdom (1983–1992) and is a former European Commissioner.
Kinnock was born in Tredegar, south Wales, the son of British politicians Glenys and Neil Kinnock. He was educated at Drayton Manor High School, a comprehensive school in London. He studied Modern Languages at Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He studied for a Master of Arts (MA) degree at the College of Europe in Bruges, graduating in 1993.
Stephen Kinnock describes himself as from a "Labour and Trade Union family".
Kinnock worked as a research assistant at the European Parliament in Brussels before becoming a British Council Development and Training Services executive based in Brussels in 1997. He held various positions with the British Council including office director of the St. Petersburg office. Following the Russian authorities' closure of this office, Kinnock took up a position with the British Council in Sierra Leone.
In January 2009 he joined the World Economic Forum as director, head of Europe and Central Asia, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
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