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| Alex Sobel MP | |
|---|---|
 Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament for Leeds North West | |
|
Assumed office 9 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Greg Mulholland |
| Majority | 4,224 (9.1%) |
| Leeds City Councillor for Moortown Ward | |
|
In office 2012–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Harris |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Shahzad |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Alexander David Sobel 26 April 1975 Leeds, England |
| Political party | Labour Co-op Script error: No such module "Officeholder party tracking". |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Alexander David Sobel[1] (born 26 April 1975)[2] is a British Labour Co-op politician who has been Member of Parliament for Leeds North West in West Yorkshire, England since 2017.[3] He was elected at the 2017 general election,[4] succeeding Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland, who had held the seat since 2005.
Sobel's parents emigrated from Israel in 1971.[5] Sobel was educated at the University of Leeds, studying Information Systems.[6] Until his election as an MP, Sobel worked with social enterprises and ran the regional body Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber.[6] His priorities as MP include protecting membership of the EU single market, and nationalising energy, water and the Royal Mail. He opposes the Trident nuclear programme.[7]
He has been a Labour councillor for the Moortown ward of Leeds City Council since 2012,[8] elected in 2012 and again in 2016.[9] He led the council's work on air pollution and climate change.[10]
A member of the Jewish Labour Movement,[11] Sobel called in May 2016 for the Jewish community to work with Naz Shah "so she better understands Jewish Life in the UK, Israel and the rest of the diaspora".[12] Sobel is also an Executive Committee Member for SERA, Labour's Environment Campaign.[13]
In October 2017, Sobel was elected as one of the officers of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions.[14]
Sobel is the father of two children.[5]
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- ↑ "Alex Sobel MP". myparliament.info. MyParliament. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Alex Sobel MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ "Leeds North West". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "About Alex". Alex Sobel. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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- ↑ "Councillor Alex Sobel". Your Councillors. Leeds City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2017. Includes photo
- ↑ "Real time #ElectionLeaflet monitoring". ElectionLeaflets.org. ElectionLeaflets.org. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
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- ↑ "The Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group on Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions". Genetic Alliance UK. Retrieved 26 October 2017.