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|image = Official portrait of Lloyd Russell-Moyle crop 2.jpg
|office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]]
|term_start = 8 June 2017
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|predecessor = [[Simon Kirby]]
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|majority = 9,868 (20.0%)
|office1 = Member of the [[Brighton and Hove City Council]]<br>for East Brighton
|term_start1 = 4 August 2016
|term_end1 = 27 December 2017
|predecessor1 = Maggie Barredell
|successor1 = Nancy Platts
|majority1 = 974 (38.0%)
|birth_name = Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle
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|birth_place = [[Brighton]], [[England]], UK
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|party = [[Labour Co-operative]]
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'''Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle'''<ref name = "FindMyPast"/><ref name="companieshouse">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/pWvKaaLeUGGrSIEPbJKwSa5IIg4/appointments|publisher=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|title=Lloyd Cameron RUSSELL MOYLE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref> (born 14 September 1986)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/person/4371|title=Lloyd Russell-Moyle - Candidate for Brighton, Kemptown in 2017 General Election|work=Democracy Club candidates|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> is a British [[Labour Co-operative]] politician who was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Brighton Kemptown (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 general election]].<ref name="Parliament">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/lloyd-russell-moyle/4615|title=Mr Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP - UK Parliament|work=www.parliament.uk|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="Indie9Jun17">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/politics/kemptown-election-result-brighton-swing-labour-co-operative-conservatives-tory-party-tories-a7780701.html|title=Kemptown election result: Brighton seat swings from Tories to Labour Co-operative|last=Forster|first=Katie|date=9 June 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Russell-Moyle was born in Brighton<ref name="FindMyPast">{{cite web|url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records-in-birth-marriage-death-and-parish-records/and_births-and-baptisms?firstname=lloyd%20&firstname_variants=true&lastname=russell-moyle&yearofbirth=1986&yearofbirth_offset=2|title=findmypast.co.uk birth record|work=[[Findmypast]]|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> and educated at Wallands Primary School,<ref>{{Who's Who | surname = Russell-Moyle | othernames = Lloyd Cameron | id = U289469| volume = 2018 | edition = February 2018 online | accessed = 13 February 2018 }}</ref> [[Priory School, Lewes]],<ref name="UKPolling">{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/lewes/comment-page-2/|title=UK Polling Report Lewes 2015|year=2015|publisher=UK Polling Report|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> [[Sussex Downs College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sussexdowns.ac.uk/news/enthusiastic-about-politics/|title=Enthusiastic about Politics?|date=18 June 2014|publisher=[[Sussex Downs College]]|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> the [[University of Bradford]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/aug/09/society.conservationandendangeredspecies|title=Welcome to Woodie land|last=Vidal|first=John|date=9 August 2006|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> and the [[University of Sussex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sussexlaw/status/874274831948271616|title=Sussex Law on Twitter: "Our new MPs #GE2017, including Sussex Law alumnus Lloyd Russell-Moyle"|work=[[Twitter]]|publisher=University of Sussex School of Law|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> He worked at the [[National Youth Agency]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1055975/the-national-youth-agency-four-young-trainers-join-the-nya-activeinvolvement-team|title=The National Youth Agency: Four young trainers join The NYA activeinvolvement team|work=[[Children & Young People Now]]|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref> chairing the [[Woodcraft Folk]]<ref name="inews">{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/woodcraftcorbyn/|title=When I camped with Corbyn - and what British politics can learn from the Woodcraft Folk - The i newspaper online iNews|publisher=inews.co.uk|accessdate=24 July 2017}}</ref> and being the Vice President of the [[European Youth Forum]] based in Brussels.<ref name="youthforum">{{cite web|url=http://www.youthforum.org/latest-news/ecosoc-youth-forum-at-the-united-nations-a-good-step-forward-but-more-participation-needed/|title=European Youth Forum|publisher=youthforum.org|accessdate=24 July 2017}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Russell-Moyle stood in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]] for the [[Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewes]] constituency, coming fourth.<ref name="UKPolling" /> Subsequently he was elected and served as a councillor on [[Brighton and Hove City Council]] in August 2016, before standing for and being elected as MP for Brighton Kemptown in 2017, being one of eight LGBT people elected in that General Election.<ref name="BHNews5Aug16">{{cite web|url=http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2016/08/05/labour-holds-east-brighton-in-by-election/|title=Labour holds East Brighton in by-election|last=le Duc|first=Frank|date=5 August 2016|work=Brighton and Hove News|accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>

== Political views ==
Russell-Moyle has written in condemnation of the British government's policies on arms exports to countries such as Saudi Arabia for use in the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|conflict in Yemen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/20/uk-arms-trade-no-moral-or-economic-sense-liam-fox-killing-machines|title=The arms trade isn’t the post-Brexit future we’re looking for {{!}} Lloyd Russell-Moyle|last=Russell-Moyle|first=Lloyd|date=2017-12-20|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> He supports the establishment of [[Supervised injection sites|Supervised Injection sites]] in his local constituency.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thelatest.co.uk/brighton/2018/01/30/lloyd-russell-moyle-backs-use-drug-consumption-rooms/|title=Lloyd Russell-Moyle backs the use of drug consumption rooms {{!}}|last=Solutions|first=Brighton Web|date=2018-01-30|work=The Latest Brighton|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-GB}}</ref> Russell-Moyle is a supporter of the leadership of [[Jeremy Corbyn]].<ref name="theargus">{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/15257073.Corbynite____in_to_win____Kemptown/|title=Corbynite ‘in to win’ Kemptown (From The Argus)|publisher=theargus.co.uk|accessdate=15 July 2017}}</ref>

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Revision as of 19:07, 10 June 2018

Lloyd Russell-Moyle
MP
Member of Parliament
for Brighton Kemptown
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded by Simon Kirby
Majority 9,868 (20.0%)
Member of the Brighton and Hove City Council
for East Brighton
In office
4 August 2016 – 27 December 2017
Preceded by Maggie Barredell
Succeeded by Nancy Platts
Majority 974 (38.0%)
Personal details
Born Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle
(1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 37)
Brighton, England, UK
Political party Labour Co-operative Script error: No such module "Officeholder party tracking".
Alma mater Sussex Downs College
University of Bradford
University of Sussex

Lloyd Cameron Russell-Moyle[1][2] (born 14 September 1986)[3] is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown in the 2017 general election.[4][5]

Early life and education

Russell-Moyle was born in Brighton[1] and educated at Wallands Primary School,[6] Priory School, Lewes,[7] Sussex Downs College,[8] the University of Bradford,[9] and the University of Sussex.[10] He worked at the National Youth Agency,[11] chairing the Woodcraft Folk[12] and being the Vice President of the European Youth Forum based in Brussels.[13]

Political career

Russell-Moyle stood in the 2015 general election for the Lewes constituency, coming fourth.[7] Subsequently he was elected and served as a councillor on Brighton and Hove City Council in August 2016, before standing for and being elected as MP for Brighton Kemptown in 2017, being one of eight LGBT people elected in that General Election.[14]

Political views

Russell-Moyle has written in condemnation of the British government's policies on arms exports to countries such as Saudi Arabia for use in the conflict in Yemen.[15] He supports the establishment of Supervised Injection sites in his local constituency.[16] Russell-Moyle is a supporter of the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "findmypast.co.uk birth record". Findmypast. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  2. ↑ "Lloyd Cameron RUSSELL MOYLE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2017. 
  3. ↑ "Lloyd Russell-Moyle - Candidate for Brighton, Kemptown in 2017 General Election". Democracy Club candidates. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  4. ↑ "Mr Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP - UK Parliament". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  5. ↑ Forster, Katie (9 June 2017). "Kemptown election result: Brighton seat swings from Tories to Labour Co-operative". The Independent. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  6. ↑ Template:Who's Who
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "UK Polling Report Lewes 2015". UK Polling Report. 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  8. ↑ "Enthusiastic about Politics?". Sussex Downs College. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  9. ↑ Vidal, John (9 August 2006). "Welcome to Woodie land". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  10. ↑ "Sussex Law on Twitter: "Our new MPs #GE2017, including Sussex Law alumnus Lloyd Russell-Moyle"". Twitter. University of Sussex School of Law. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  11. ↑ "The National Youth Agency: Four young trainers join The NYA activeinvolvement team". Children & Young People Now. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  12. ↑ "When I camped with Corbyn - and what British politics can learn from the Woodcraft Folk - The i newspaper online iNews". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2017. 
  13. ↑ "European Youth Forum". youthforum.org. Retrieved 24 July 2017. 
  14. ↑ le Duc, Frank (5 August 2016). "Labour holds East Brighton in by-election". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 21 June 2017. 
  15. ↑ Russell-Moyle, Lloyd (2017-12-20). "The arms trade isn't the post-Brexit future we're looking for | Lloyd Russell-Moyle". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-02-22. 
  16. ↑ Template:Cite news
  17. ↑ "Corbynite 'in to win' Kemptown (From The Argus)". theargus.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2017. 

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