Jamie reed mp biography

British politician (born 1973)

For other people named Jamie Reed, see Jamie Reed (disambiguation).

Jamieson Ronald "Jamie" Reed (born 4 August 1973) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Copeland from 2005 to 2017.

A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister from 2010 to 2011 and a Shadow Health Minister from 2011 to 2015.

Early life and career

Reed was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria and educated at Whitehaven School.

He graduated with a BA in English from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester.^[1]

Before his election to Parliament, he worked as a Press Officer at Sellafield, a nuclear reprocessing and decommissioning site, and served on Copeland Borough Council.

Parliamentary career

In his maiden speech Reed declared himself to be a Jedi in the debate over the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill under cons