Lisa Nandy

British Labour Party Politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

British Manchester

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ProfessionBritish Labour Party Politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
NationalityBritish
Date of Birth09/08/1979
Age46 years
BirthplaceManchester

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SummaryLisa Eva Nandy is a British Labour Party politician serving as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since July 2024. She has been the Member of Parliament for Wigan since 2010, becoming the constituency's first female MP and one of the first Asian female MPs.

Educational Qualification(s)

SecondaryParrs Wood High School and Holy Cross College
UndergraduatePolitics, Newcastle University (graduated 2001)
PostgraduateMaster's degree in Public Policy, Birkbeck University of London

Personal Life

Known InterestsTake That fan

Family

MotherLuise Fitzwalter (social worker and producer for Granada Television)
FatherDipak Nandy (Indian-born activist and academic, integral to drafting the 1976 Race Relations Act)
Maternal GrandfatherFrank Byers (Liberal Peer)

Career

Early Career
  • Aide to Neil Gerrard, Walthamstow Labour MP
  • Researcher at Centrepoint (homelessness charity), 2003-2005
  • Senior Policy Adviser at The Children's Society, 2005-2010, specialising in young refugees
Parliamentary Career
  • Member of Parliament for Wigan, 2010-present
  • Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tessa Jowell, 2010-2012
  • Shadow Minister for Children, 2012-2013
  • Shadow Minister for Charities and Civil Society, 2012-2015
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 2015-2016
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, April 2020-November 2021
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, November 2021-2023
  • Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development, November 2023-July 2024
  • Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, July 2024-present
Other RolesAdviser to the Children's Commissioner for England and Independent Asylum Commission
PublicationsAuthor of 'All In: How We Build a Country That Works'

Style Quotient

Media PresenceDescribed as astute media performer

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. First female MP for Wigan
2. One of the first Asian female MPs in Parliament
3. Ran as candidate in 2020 Labour Party leadership election, finishing third with 16.2% of votes
4. Appointed to the Privy Council on 6 July 2024
5. Re-elected to Parliament three times since initial election in 2010
6. Served as Labour councillor in Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, 2006-2010
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