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| Born | Clive Anthony Lewis 1971-09-11 London, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Bradford | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Clive Lewis[1] (born 11 September 1971) is an English Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South since winning the seat at the 2015 General Election from the sitting Liberal Democrat Simon Wright.[2]
Lewis was born in London but grew up on a council estate in Northampton. He studied economics at the University of Bradford before being elected to various student union roles and then serving as vice-president of the National Union of Students. Lewis then worked as a TV reporter for BBC News, becoming BBC Look East's chief political correspondent. He was also one of the Labour government's National Black Role Models. In 2006, he passed out of Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst as an infantry officer with the Territorial Army, and he served a three-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.
Selected as a candidate for Norwich South in 2011, Lewis often broke the party line on issues including nuclear weapons, tuition fees and immigration. Describing himself as a "proud socialist", he was elected by a comfortable margin as a MP for Norwich South. He was subsequently appointed as the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. During the 2015 Labour leadership election, he was one of 36 MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn, and remains a strong Corbyn supporter. He is currently Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary.[3]
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on 18 September 2016, Clive Lewis said deselection of MPs was a 'democratic election' for representatives in Parliament.[4]
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- ↑ "Labour MP Clive Lewis says deselection of MPs is a 'democratic process'"
