Rebecca Long-Bailey
British politician (born 1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey[lower-alpha 1] (née Long; born 22 September 1979)[2] is a British politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford since 2024[3] and for Salford and Eccles from 2015 to 2024, representing the Labour Party until her suspension in July 2024 as a result of voting to scrap the two child benefit cap. She served in the Shadow Cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn, first as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017 and then as Shadow Business Secretary from 2017 to 2020. Under Keir Starmer, she served as Shadow Education Secretary for only two months in 2020.
Rebecca Long-Bailey | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
In office 6 April 2020 – 25 June 2020 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Angela Rayner |
Succeeded by | Kate Green |
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
In office 9 February 2017 – 6 April 2020 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Clive Lewis |
Succeeded by | Ed Miliband |
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 27 June 2016 – 9 February 2017 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Seema Malhotra |
Succeeded by | Peter Dowd |
Shadow Minister for the Treasury | |
In office 18 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Member of Parliament for Salford Salford and Eccles (2015–2024) | |
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Hazel Blears |
Majority | 15,101 (38.0%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rebecca Roseanne Long (1979-09-22) 22 September 1979 (age 44) Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Labour Party (2014–2024; suspended and whip withdrawn) Socialist Campaign Group |
Spouse | Stephen Bailey |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Solicitor |
Website | www |
Born in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Long-Bailey studied Politics and Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She worked for law firms Pinsent Masons and Halliwells between 2003 and 2007. Long-Bailey was admitted as a solicitor in 2007, where she worked for Hill Dickinson specialising in commercial law, commercial property, NHS contracts and NHS estates.
Long-Bailey was elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. After Jeremy Corbyn was elected in the 2015 Labour leadership election, Long-Bailey was appointed as a Junior Treasury Minister and was nominated to sit on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
Long-Bailey was a candidate in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, finishing second to Keir Starmer.
In July 2024, Long-Bailey was suspended for a term of six months along with six other Labour MPs from the Labour Left for voting in favour of a proposed Scottish National Party amendment to the king's speech at the 2024 State Opening of Parliament in favour of removing the two-child benefit cap