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'''Grahame Mark Morris'''<ref name="Crown Office">{{London Gazette |issue=59418 |date=13 May 2010 |page=8741}}</ref> (born 13 March 1961)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/64630.stm |title=Grahame Morris MP |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Democracy Live |accessdate=25 July 2010}}</ref> is a [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] [[politician]]. He was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]] as the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Easington (UK Parliament constituency)|Easington]], replacing Labour MP [[John Cummings (politician)|John Cummings]], who decided to step down.<ref name="Election 2010">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b49.stm|title=Election 2010: Easington|work=BBC Election 2010|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref>


'''Grahame Mark Morris''' (born 13 March 1961) was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Easington]], replacing Labour MP John Cummings, who decided to step down.
==Early life==
Born in 1961, Morris was educated at Peterlee Howletch Secondary School. He first worked as a medical lab scientific officer in the Sunderland Group of hospitals, but has been involved with politics since 1987 when he became a District Councillor for Easington. He worked as a researcher for previous MP John Cummings since 1997, and was also Secretary of Easington Constituency Labour Party. He lives in [[Seaham]], County Durham.<ref name="Profile">{{cite news|url=http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Easington/Grahame+Morris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831205250/http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Easington/Grahame+Morris |dead-url=yes |archive-date=31 August 2011 |title=Profile – Grahame Morris |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
Morris was one of a handful of Labour MPs newly elected in 2010 considered to be on the left of the party politically.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Owen|title=Yes, there is still life for the left after Tony Benn and Bob Crow|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/14/left-after-tony-benn-bob-crow|accessdate=5 April 2015|publisher=Guardian|date=14 March 2015}}</ref> He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to [[Ed Miliband]] in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eaton|first1=George|title=The Labour left demand a change of direction – why their intervention matters|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/labour-left-demand-change-direction-why-their-intervention-matters|accessdate=5 April 2015|publisher=New Statesman|date=26 January 2015}}</ref>
Morris was one of a handful of Labour MPs newly elected in 2010 considered to be on the left of the party politically. He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to [[Edward Miliband]] in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.

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In Parliament he was [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, [[Meg Hillier]] and later to Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachael Reeves. He served on the Health Select Committee.

Morris chairs the [[Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East]].<ref name="Dysch,">{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/123174/ed-miliband-defends-labour-stance-gaza-conflict | title=Ed Miliband defends Labour stance on Gaza conflict | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=22 September 2014 | accessdate=23 September 2014 | author=Dysch, Marcus}}</ref> He presented the motion in Parliament calling on the government to formally recognise [[Palestinian statehood]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Grahame Morris on MPs recognising state of Palestine|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29598512|accessdate=5 April 2015|publisher=BBC|date=13 October 2014}}</ref> He is Chair of the Unite Group in Parliament and is a champion of people with disabilities. He takes a close interest in animal welfare issues. Morris was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as a candidate in the [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015|Labour leadership election of 2015]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bright |first=Sam |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/who-nominated-who-2015-labour-leadership-election |title=Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election? |publisher=Newstatesman.com |date=15 June 2015 |accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref>

On 27 June 2016 Morris was appointed to the [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadow Cabinet]] as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]] and [[Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention]].<ref name=sunderlandecho-20160628>{{cite news |url=http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/politics/easington-mp-appointed-to-jeremy-corbyn-s-shadow-cabinet-1-7985886 |title=Easington MP appointed to Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet |author=Ross Robertson |newspaper=Sunderland Echo |date=28 June 2016 |accessdate=3 July 2016}}</ref>

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==External links==
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In Parliament he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, [[Meg Hillier]] and later to Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury [[Rachel Reeves]]. He served on the Health Select Committee.
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Morris chairs the Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East. He presented the motion in Parliament calling on the government to formally recognise Palestinian statehood. He is Chair of the Unite Group in Parliament and is a champion of people with disabilities. He takes a close interest in animal welfare issues. Morris was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015.
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On 27 June 2016 Morris was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention.
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Grahame Morris
MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention
In office
27 June 2016 – 7 October 2016
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by Jon Trickett
Succeeded by Teresa Pearce
Member of Parliament
for Easington
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by John Cummings
Majority 14,641 (42.3%)
Personal details
Born (1961-03-13) 13 March 1961 (age 63)
Website Official website


Grahame Mark Morris (born 13 March 1961) was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Easington, replacing Labour MP John Cummings, who decided to step down.

Parliamentary career

Morris was one of a handful of Labour MPs newly elected in 2010 considered to be on the left of the party politically. He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Edward Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.

In Parliament he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Meg Hillier and later to Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves. He served on the Health Select Committee.

Morris chairs the Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East. He presented the motion in Parliament calling on the government to formally recognise Palestinian statehood. He is Chair of the Unite Group in Parliament and is a champion of people with disabilities. He takes a close interest in animal welfare issues. Morris was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015.

On 27 June 2016 Morris was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention.

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