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|name = Christina Rees |
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| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} |
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|image = Official portrait of Christina Rees crop 2.jpg |
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|office = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Wales]] |
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|leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]] |
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|term_start = 9 February 2017 |
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|predecessor = [[Jo Stevens]] |
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|successor = |
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|office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] |
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|term_start1 = [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|8 May 2015]] |
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|predecessor1 = [[Peter Hain]] |
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|majority1 = 12,631 (33.0%) |
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|02|21|df=y}} |
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|birth_place =[[Kenfig Hill]], [[Bridgend]], [[Wales]] |
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|party = [[Labour Co-operative]] |
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|spouse = [[Ron Davies (Welsh politician)|Ron Davies]] {{small|(Before 2000)}} |
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|alma_mater = [[Ystrad Mynach College]]<br>[[University of Wales]] |
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|website = {{url|christinarees.org|Official website}} |
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|1blankname=Shadowing|1namedata=[[Alun Cairns]]}} |
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'''Christina Rees''' (born 21 February 1954)<ref name="MyParl">{{cite web |title=Christina Rees MP |url= http://myparliament.info/Member/4525 | website = myparliament.info |publisher= MyParliament |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> is a British [[Labour Co-operative]] Party politician. She has been the [[Member of Parliament (UK)|MP]] for [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] since May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title= Election 2015: Neath parliamentary constituency | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161230163551/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000069 | archive-date = 30 December 2016 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000069 |work= [[BBC News]] | date = 8 May 2015 | access-date = 8 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Election 2017: Neath parliamentary constituency |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/W07000069 |work= [[BBC News]] | date = 9 June 2017 | access-date = 11 August 2017}}</ref> |
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== Early life == |
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Rees was born in the village of [[Kenfig Hill]] in south Wales. Her father died when she was a young teenager and she was brought up by her mother.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-38931156|title=Profile: New Shadow Welsh Secretary Christina Rees|last=|first=|date=|website=BBC News|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref> |
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Rees became head girl of Cynffig Comprehensive School and has excelled at a number of sports. Speaking as an adult, she explained that: <blockquote>'I was very shy when I was a child and was bullied, so my mother sent me to judo classes to strengthen me up. I got a black belt first dan when I was 13'.<ref name=":0" /> </blockquote>Rees has represented Wales Schools at [[tennis]], [[hockey]] and [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]. Rees was also a member of the Great Britain Youth Team that competed at the [[Munich Olympics]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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Rees was most successful at [[Squash (sport)|squash]], a sport for which she has represented [[Wales]] over 100 times.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Career == |
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Rees is a qualified [[barrister]]. |
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Rees stood as the Labour candidate for [[Arfon (Assembly constituency)|Arfon]] in the [[National Assembly for Wales|Welsh Assembly]] elections in [[National Assembly for Wales election, 2011|May 2011]], and was placed fourth on the Labour's Wales wide list for the 2014 European Elections. |
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Rees first became MP for [[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] following the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|UK general election of 2015]]. |
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Rees was appointed a Shadow Justice Minister in January 2016, but quit her position during the mass resignation of Shadow ministers following the [[United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016|EU referendum]]. She later became one of 33 Labour MPs to return to the front bench, again in the position of Shadow Justice Minister. In February 2017, she was appointed to the position of [[Shadow Secretary of State for Wales]].<ref name="MyParl" /> |
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Revision as of 11:00, 7 June 2018
| Christina Rees MP | |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | |
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Assumed office 9 February 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Alun Cairns |
| Preceded by | Jo Stevens |
| Member of Parliament for Neath | |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Hain |
| Majority | 12,631 (33.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 February 1954 Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, Wales |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative Script error: No such module "Officeholder party tracking". |
| Spouse(s) | Ron Davies (Before 2000) |
| Alma mater |
Ystrad Mynach College University of Wales |
| Website | Official website |
Christina Rees (born 21 February 1954)[1] is a British Labour Co-operative Party politician. She has been the MP for Neath since May 2015.[2][3]
Early life
Rees was born in the village of Kenfig Hill in south Wales. Her father died when she was a young teenager and she was brought up by her mother.[4]
Rees became head girl of Cynffig Comprehensive School and has excelled at a number of sports. Speaking as an adult, she explained that:
'I was very shy when I was a child and was bullied, so my mother sent me to judo classes to strengthen me up. I got a black belt first dan when I was 13'.[4]
Rees has represented Wales Schools at tennis, hockey and athletics. Rees was also a member of the Great Britain Youth Team that competed at the Munich Olympics.[4]
Rees was most successful at squash, a sport for which she has represented Wales over 100 times.[4]
Career
Rees is a qualified barrister.
Rees stood as the Labour candidate for Arfon in the Welsh Assembly elections in May 2011, and was placed fourth on the Labour's Wales wide list for the 2014 European Elections.
Rees first became MP for Neath following the UK general election of 2015.
Rees was appointed a Shadow Justice Minister in January 2016, but quit her position during the mass resignation of Shadow ministers following the EU referendum. She later became one of 33 Labour MPs to return to the front bench, again in the position of Shadow Justice Minister. In February 2017, she was appointed to the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Wales.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Christina Rees MP". myparliament.info. MyParliament. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ Template:Cite news
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Profile: New Shadow Welsh Secretary Christina Rees". BBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2017.