Amanda Hack
Amanda Hack | |
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| File:Official portrait of Amanda Hack MP crop 2.jpg Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for North West Leicestershire | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Bridgen |
| Majority | 1,012 (2.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1976 (age 49) Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | De Montfort University |
Amanda Jayne Hack (born July 1976) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire since 2024.[1]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Hack was born in July 1976.[2] She grew up in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, moving to Leicester to read business at De Montfort University. Before becoming an MP she contested the seat of South Leicstershire at the 2015 General Election.[3] She later became a councillor on Leicestershire County Council, representing the Braunstone division from 2017. She also worked for a housing association for vulnerable people.[4][5]
Political career
[edit | edit source]In the 2024 General Election, Hack was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire with 16,871 votes (34.7%) and a majority of 1,012 over the second place Conservative candidate.[6] Upon joining the House of Commons, Hack was elected as a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.[7]
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External links
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- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British women politicians
- People from Cleethorpes
- Alumni of De Montfort University
- UK MPs 2024–present
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Members of Leicestershire County Council
- Labour Party (UK) councillors
- Women councillors in England
- Labour MP for England stubs