Toby Perkins
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Toby Perkins MP |
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Perkins at the 2011 Labour Party Conference
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| Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Alison Seabeck |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| Shadow Minister for Small Business | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 14 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Chuka Umunna |
| Succeeded by | Bill Esterson |
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Member of Parliament for Chesterfield |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Holmes |
| Majority | 13,598 (29.8%) |
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12 August 1970 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Labour |
| Occupation | Politician |
Matthew Toby Perkins (born 12 August 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield since 2010 general election, gaining the seat from Liberal Democrat Paul Holmes. Upon the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party in 2015, Perkins was appointed as a Shadow Minister in the Shadow Defence Team. He also campaigned for the UK to remain a member of the European Union ahead of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2016.
Perkins is son of V.F. Perkins and his wife Teresa. He has a sister, Polly and is the great-grandson of A. P. Herbert, Independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University (1935–1950). He attended Trinity Catholic School, Leamington Spa and Silverdale Comprehensive School in Sheffield.
Perkins worked in the private sector from 1987 until he was elected to Parliament in 2010. He was in IT Sales: consultant and then Regional Manager for the Prime Time Recruitment organisation. He then set up a rugby product business.
Perkins was a councillor for Rother Ward on Chesterfield Borough Council from 2003–2011. He was a Director of Families First Co-operative, a social enterprise that ran an early years nursery in Chesterfield, and set up the Chesterfield Flood Victims Appeal.
Perkins' defeat of Chesterfield's sitting Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Holmes, saw him overturn a majority of 3,000 to win by 549 votes despite a national swing against the Labour Party. Perkins was largely elected owing to retention of the existing Labour vote, as there was a 7.5% swing towards the Conservative party in the constituency with Labour making a net gain of 61 votes in comparison to 2005.
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