Jacob Collier | |
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Member of Parliament for Burton and Uttoxeter | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Kate Kniveton |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 May 1997 Burton-upon-Trent |
Political party | Labour |
Jacob Collier (born 20th May 1997)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Burton and Uttoxeter since 2024.[2]
Jacob Collier was born in Burton-upon-Trent in 1997 and grew up in Stretton.[3] He attended William Shrewsbury Primary School and de Ferrers Academy.[4][5] He read History and Politics at the University of Nottingham and specialised in post-Second World War British politics.[5] Collier was elected as Community Officer for the University of Nottingham Students' Union.[6] He became chair of Nottingham Labour Students before graduating in 2018.[7]
Before politics Collier worked in communications for Thera, a company working with people with learning disabilities and from 2021 was a communications officer at the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, where he was also a union representative for Unison.[8][5][7][9] Collier voted leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum but has said he since regrets doing so.[10]