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'''Liz Kendall''' has been the [[Labour Party]] MP for Leicester West since 2010. She is also a member of Labour’s frontbench team, attending the shadow Cabinet as the shadow minister for care and older people. | '''Liz Kendall''' has been the [[Labour Party]] MP for Leicester West since 2010. She is also a member of Labour’s frontbench team, attending the shadow Cabinet as the shadow minister for care and older people. | ||
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| + | In May 2015 Kendall announced that she would be standing in the Labour Leadership contest stating that 'fundamental reform is essential to the future survival of our party.' <ref> [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11596820/Who-is-Liz-Kendall-the-Labour-leadership-contender.html Who is Liz Kendall, the Labour leadership contender?] ''The Telegraph'', 11 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015 </ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 20 May 2015
Liz Kendall has been the Labour Party MP for Leicester West since 2010. She is also a member of Labour’s frontbench team, attending the shadow Cabinet as the shadow minister for care and older people.
In May 2015 Kendall announced that she would be standing in the Labour Leadership contest stating that 'fundamental reform is essential to the future survival of our party.' [1]
Contents
Background
Before entering parliament Kendall worked for two think-tanks: the Institute for Public Policy Research, where she was the associate director for health, social care and children’s early years, and also the King’s Fund, working as a researcher on their public health programme focusing on tackling local health inequalities. [2]
Kendall was also previously a special adviser to two cabinet ministers Patricia Hewitt and Harriet Harman. [3]
Education
Kendall studied at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a first in history in 1993.
Affiliations
- Bex Bailey, political adviser, worked for lobbyists Fishburn Hedges
Contact
Parliamentary
- Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
- Telephone: 020 7219 3000
- Email: liz.kendall.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
- Address: 42 Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 0BQ
- Telephone: 0116 204 4980
- Fax: 0116 204 4989
Web & Social media
- Website: http://www.lizkendall.org
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/leicesterliz
Notes
- ↑ Who is Liz Kendall, the Labour leadership contender? The Telegraph, 11 May 2015, accessed 20 May 2015
- ↑ About Liz Kendall Liz Kendall, accessed 9 March 2015
- ↑ Liz Kendall guardian.co.uk/commentisfree, accessed 9 March 2015
