Luke Myer

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Luke Myer
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded bySir Simon Clarke
Majority214 (0.6%)
Personal details
Born (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 31)
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England
PartyLabour
EducationPrior Pursglove Sixth Form College
Alma materEdge Hill University

Luke Myer (born 5 May 1995) is a British Labour politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland since 2024.

Early life and education

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Myer was born in Middlesbrough and grew up in the village of Brotton, North Yorkshire.[1] He attended Freebrough Specialist Engineering College and Prior Pursglove College, before training as a teacher.[2][3][4] Myer studied at Edge Hill University, where he was involved in the students’ union and NUS.[5]

He worked on education policy at the UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, and served on the board of a Middlesbrough SEND charity.[6][7] Myer later joined the centre-left think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) as a research fellow and policy analyst, specialising in economic development policy in the North East.[8][1][3] He remained active in East Cleveland, volunteering as a school governor and raising money for a local foodbank during the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10]

Political career

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From 2021 to 2024, Myer served in local government;[11] in his election to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, he defeated Conservative police commissioner Steve Turner as well as unseating the local Conservative council leader.[12][13] He served as Cabinet Member for Children, where he introduced a child poverty strategy, opened new rural children's centres, and reduced the department's budget deficit.[14][1][15][16]

He was elected to Parliament at the 2024 general election, defeating former Conservative minister Sir Simon Clarke with a majority of only 214 votes, overturning the highest Conservative majority in the Tees Valley. [17]

Parliamentary career

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Myer committed to be a “constituency MP”, and held fifty surgeries in his first year.[18] An analysis by The Northern Echo found that he had the lowest expenses in the region.[19]

He has been described as “moderate” and has made several statements opposing political extremism on the left and right.[20][21][22][23][24][25]

Myer was elected chair of the all-party parliamentary group on carbon capture and storage; in October 2024, the government announced £4 billion for the sector in Teesside.[26][27]

He has called for reforms to local government, including scrapping council tax and creating a Teesside-wide children's social care body.[18][28]

In June 2025, he was part of a rebellion over planned cuts to disability benefits, which won concessions from the government.[29][30][31]

He is endorsed by LGBT+ Labour.[32]

Personal life

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He is married to his wife, Beth.[33]

References

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