Christopher Leslie
Christopher Leslie (born 28 June 1972, Keighley, West Yorkshire) is a British Labour Party MP, formerly for Shipley (1997 - 11 April 2005) and for Nottingham East since the May 2010 general elections.
After the 2015 general election he was announced he would be replacing Ed Balls as the shadow chancellor of the exchequer.
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Career
Politics
Leslie has held the position of parliamentary secretary to the Cabinet Office (2001-2002), parliamentary under-secretary to the office of the deputy Prime Minister (2002-2003), parliamentary under-secretary to the Department for Constitutional Affairs (2003-2005), shadow minister to the Treasury (2010-2013), shadow chief secretary to the Treasury (2013-2015) and shadow chancellor to the exchequer (2015-).[1]
Spell away from parliament
Between 2005 and 2010, Chris Leslie was the director of the New Local Government Network, a non-profit policy think tank.[2]
Personal life
He is married to Nicola Murphy, a former special adviser to Gordon Brown.[3]
Affiliations
Contact
Constituency
- Address: Ground Floor,
- 12 Regent Street,
- Nottingham,
- NG1 5BQ
- Telephone: 0115 711 7666
Parliamentary
- Address: House of Commons,
- London,
- SW1A 0AA
- Telephone: 020 7219 3000
- Email: chris.leslie@parliament.uk
Resources
- New Local Government Network, Chris Leslie, accessed 27 November 2008.
- They Work For You, Christopher Leslie former MP, accessed 27 November 2008.
- Ungoed-Thomas, Jon, et al., Times Online website, The Sunday Times, 23 November 2008, accessed 24 November 2008.
Notes and References
- ↑ Parliament.UK Chris Leslie, accessed 14 May 2015.
- ↑ New Local Government Network, Chris Leslie, accessed 27 November 2008.
- ↑ Brendan Carlin 'Yes, Minister' – New Labour proposal wins over MP's girlfriend Yorkshire Post, 4 May 2004, accessed 14 May 2015.
