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| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br/> for [[Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton & Devonport]]
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| majority = 6,807 (13.3%)
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| predecessor = [[Oliver Colvile]]
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| term_start = 8 June 2017
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Plymouth, United Kingdom
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| nationality = British
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| party = [[Labour Co-operative]]
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| profession = Politician
| website = {{url|www.lukepollard.org|Official URL}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Exeter]]
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'''Luke Pollard''' (born 10 April 1980) is a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Co-operative]] politician who has been [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Member of Parliament]] for [[Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton and Devonport]] since [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/luke-pollard/4682|title=Luke Pollard MP|website=UK Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/873017887392505856 |title=#GE2017: Plymouth, Sutton & Devonport: |last=Britain Elects |date=2017-06-08 |access-date=2017-06-08}}</ref><ref name="bbc2017">{{cite web|title=Plymouth Sutton & Devonport|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000880|website=Election 2017|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref>
'''Luke Pollard''' (born 10 April 1980) has been Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport]] since 2017.
==Early life==
Pollard was educated at [[Christleton High School]]<ref>{{Who's Who | surname = Pollard| othernames = Luke| id = U289497| volume = 2018 | edition = February 2018 online | accessed = 14 February 2018 }}</ref> the [[University of Exeter]], graduating with first-class honours in 2001. He was elected campaigns officer for the students' union in 2000 and president of the students' union in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voter-info.uk/candidates/13488|title=Luke Pollard : Candidates : Voter-Info|website=Voter-Info}}</ref>
Pollard worked as an advisor to [[George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock|George Foulkes]] before becoming Account Director at Edelman.<ref>[[LinkedIn]]</ref> After that he was Head of Public Affairs for [[Association of British Travel Agents|ABTA]] from 2009 to 2014, and as a director at Field Consulting from 2015 until his election in 2017.<ref>http://wearefield.co.uk/team/luke-pollard/</ref>
==Political career==
Pollard unsuccessfully contested the [[South West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Devon]] constituency in 2010 and the [[Plymouth Sutton and Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Sutton and Devonport]] constituency in 2015 before winning the latter seat in 2017 from incumbent [[Oliver Colvile]] on a swing of 7.2%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicaffairsnews.com/articles/news/field-%E2%80%98thrilled%E2%80%99-pollard-enters-commons|title=Field 'thrilled' as Pollard enters the Commons – Public Affairs News|website=www.publicaffairsnews.com}}</ref>
He was appointed as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary|PPS]] to Labour's [[Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary]], [[Sue Hayman]]. Hayman cited his advocacy for Plymouth's fishing interests and his proposal for [[Plymouth Sound]] to become the UK's first [[Marine park|National Marine Park]] as reasons for appointing him.<ref>http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/plymouth-mp-luke-pollard-appointed-to-defra-role-in-parliament/story-30449400-detail/story.html</ref> ▼
He currently sits on the [[Transport Select Committee]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouth-mp-going-help-shape-480083|title=A Plymouth MP is going to help shape the UK's transport policy|last=O'Leary|first=Miles|date=2017-09-14|work=plymouthherald|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref>
He is a member of the [[Unite the Union|Unite]] and [[GMB (trade union)|GMB]] trade unions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://party.coop/person/luke-pollard/|title=Luke Pollard|publisher=}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
* {{UK MP links |parliament=luke-pollard/4682 |publicwhip=Luke_Pollard |theywork=luke_pollard}}
▲He was appointed as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary|PPS ]] to Labour's [[Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary ]], [[Sue Hayman ]]. Hayman cited his advocacy for Plymouth's fishing interests and his proposal for [[Plymouth Sound ]] to become the UK's first [[Marine park|National Marine Park ]] as reasons for appointing him. <ref>http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/plymouth-mp-luke-pollard-appointed-to-defra-role-in-parliament/story-30449400-detail/story.html</ref>
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He currently sits on the Transport Select Committee.
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He is a member of the Unite and GMB trade unions.
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