Julie Elliott
Julie Elliott | |||||||
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Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central | |||||||
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||
Preceded by | Bill Etherington | ||||||
Majority | 2,964 (6.8%) | ||||||
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Personal details | |||||||
Born | Newcastle Polytechnic | 29 July 1963||||||
Website | www | ||||||
Julie Elliott (born 29 July 1963) is a British
Early life
Elliott, youngest of three children, was born in
She was educated at
Professional career
Elliott served as a school governor for Whitburn Comprehensive from 1991 to 2004, including a stint as chair. She also served as a governor at primary schools across Sunderland and South Tyneside.[8]
She joined the National Asthma Campaign in 1998 as a regional organizer. In 1999, Elliott became a regional organizer for the GMB Trade Union. She is responsible for political matters, representing members in employment tribunals and regional pay negotiations.[5][6]
Political career
Elliott became a member of the Labour Party in 1984 and worked as a regional organizer from 1993 to 1998. In 1997, she served as an agent for Tynemouth.[6]
She was elected as MP for Sunderland Central in May 2010 and continued to serve on the
In October 2013, Elliott became a
Elliott was re-elected as MP for Sunderland Central in May 2015 with a total of 20,959 votes. Following her departure from the
Elliott nominated Liz Kendall in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election and Caroline Flint in the deputy leadership election. [11][12]
She was elected as Chair of the PLP Backbench Housing and Planning Committee in November 2015, and served as a member of the
She endorsed
Elliott was re-elected as MP for Sunderland Central in June 2017. She won 25,056 votes on a 62.1% turnout, with her majority falling by a few hundred votes compared to 2015.
Elliott has consistently voted in favour of the removal of
Elliott plays a role in several Parliamentary committees and organisations, including: Member, Panel of Chairs; Treasurer, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) UK; Member, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee; Member, Sub-Committee for Disinformation, DCMS Select Committee; Member, Regulatory Reform Committee; Chair, PLP Northern Group of Labour MPs; Chair, PLP Backbench DFID Group; Chair, Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East; Chair, APPG Digital Skills; Chair, APPG Human Microbiome; Co-Chair, APPG Northern Powerhouse; Co-Chair, APPG Children's Media and the Arts.[21][22]
Elliott nominated Jess Phillips in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election and Ian Murray in the deputy leadership election.[23][24]
Campaigns
Elliott has taken a role in several campaigns over the decades, both before and after becoming an MP.[25][26][27][28]
While working with the National Asthma Campaign in 1998, she urged the Government to ban smoking in public places.[29] She later worked with the GMB to change the law around compensation paid to victims of asbestos-related diseases.[28] She also led a campaign against the use of zero hour contracts in 2013.[27]
Since becoming an MP Elliott has joined forces with the Sunderland Echo to campaign against the closure of Sunderland Central Fire Station in 2014.[25] Elliott is currently campaigning for a transformation of Sunderland's 'rundown railway station'[30] and, since 2011, she has also been campaigning for a new court complex for the city.[31]
During the
Personal life
Elliott has four children and seven grandchildren. She enjoys walking along the coastline of her
References
- ^ "Sunderland Central". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Julie Elliott MP". Julie Elliott. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Julie Elliott MP". Julie Elliott. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Sunderland MPs Bridget Phillipson and Julie Elliott have been re-selected to stand unopposed for Labour Party". www.sunderlandecho.com. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "About Julie". Julie Elliott MP. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Julie Elliott". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Julie Elliott MP". sunderlandecho.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Sunderland Central". dorsetecho.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Julie Elliott MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Liz Kendall – The Labour Party". 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Caroline Flint – The Labour Party". 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "PLP Department". Labourlist.org. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Julie Elliott MP". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Julie Elliott Election2017". Newcastle Chronicle. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Fighting for Women". julie4sunderland.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Register of All-Party Groups". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Julie Elliott Votes". Theyworkforyou.com. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Julie Elliott - Currently held offices". Theyworkforyou.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Northern Powerhouse APPG - Who We Are". northernpowerhouseappg.org.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Rolling list: MP/MEP nominations for Labour leadership candidates". LabourList. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Rolling list: MP/MEP nominations for Labour deputy leadership candidates". LabourList. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Fire station appeal". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Zero Hour contracts". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Workplace Issues". TUC.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Asbestosis ruling". TUC.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Ban smoking in public". independent.co.uk. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Railway Station". www.julie4sunderland.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Decision on court complex". www.julie4sunderland.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Elliott, Julie (23 June 2016). "Sunderland is a city on the ascendancy. Our future will be stronger, safer and more prosperous if we vote Remain". Twitter.
- ^ "About Julie". Labour Party. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
External links
- Julie Elliott Labour Party profile
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou