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92-426: Umunna is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chuka Umunna (born 1978), British politician Glory Umunna , Nigerian beauty pageant winner [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Umunna . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
184-633: A graduate tax in place of university tuition fees . In January 2012, Umunna joined Ed Miliband and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves in calling on PM David Cameron to block a £1.6m bonus for Stephen Hester , the chief executive officer of the publicly owned Royal Bank of Scotland Group . During 2013, Umunna led claims that the Government's valuation of the Royal Mail during its privatisation had effectively "shortchanged"
276-541: A leadership election was initiated. Jeremy Corbyn succeeded Miliband as leader. As a backbencher, Miliband spoke about the need to tackle inequality and in favour of the Paris climate change agreement . In May 2016, he appeared on the BBC's Question Time , speaking in favour of Remain in the UK's EU referendum and he subsequently campaigned for a Remain vote. In the aftermath of
368-514: A "serious mistake" in leaving the party. On 13 June 2019, Umunna announced to The Times he would be joining the Liberal Democrats. He told the BBC he had been "wrong" to think "millions of politically homeless people wanted a new party", while referring to moving from Change UK. He also said he "massively underestimated just how difficult it is to set up a fully fledged new party without an existing infrastructure", after Change UK received
460-590: A candidate in the forthcoming leadership election . He launched his campaign during a speech given at a Fabian Society conference and was nominated by 62 fellow Labour MPs. The other candidates were left-wing backbencher Diane Abbott , Shadow Education Secretary Ed Balls , Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham and Miliband's elder brother, Shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband. On 23 May, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock announced that he would endorse Ed Miliband's campaign, saying that he had "the capacity to inspire people" and that he had "strong values and
552-559: A close challenge from Michael Dugher , then a SPAD to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon . Gordon Brown visited Doncaster North during the general election campaign to support his former adviser. Miliband was elected on 5 May 2005 , with 55.5% of the vote and a majority of 12,656. He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 23 May, responding to comments made by future Speaker John Bercow . In Blair's frontbench reshuffle in May 2006, he
644-452: A course titled "What's Left? The Politics of Social Justice". During this time, he was granted "access" to Senator John Kerry and reported to Brown on the presidential hopeful's progress. After Miliband returned to the UK in January 2004 Gordon Brown appointed him Chairman of HM Treasury's Council of Economic Advisers as a replacement for Ed Balls , with specific responsibility for directing
736-413: A direct department to shadow until February 2023, when Grant Shapps was appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in the new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero . Accordingly, Miliband's portfolio was renamed to Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero , mirroring that of the government, in the 2023 shadow cabinet reshuffle . Miliband's re-appointment to
828-551: A fan of Leeds United . Owing to his father's later employment as a roving teacher, Miliband spent two spells living in Boston , Massachusetts , one year when he was seven and one middle school term when he was twelve. Miliband remembered his time in the US as some of his happiest, during which he became a fan of American culture, watching Dallas and following the Boston Red Sox and
920-472: A government source told the Guardian , effectively represented "a complete rewrite of UK energy policy for the future". Miliband represented the UK at the 2009 Copenhagen Summit , from which emerged a global commitment to provide an additional US$ 10 billion a year to fight the effects of climate change , with an additional $ 100 billion a year provided by 2020. The conference was not able to achieve
1012-458: A legally binding agreement. Miliband accused China of deliberately foiling attempts at a binding agreement; China explicitly denied this, accusing British politicians of engaging in a "political scheme". During the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal , Miliband was named by the Daily Telegraph as one of the "saints" of the scandal, due to his claiming one of the lowest amounts of expenses in
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#17328587085281104-529: A mere 3.4% of the vote in the EU elections, far behind the Liberal Democrats' 20%. He added, under Britain's voting system , there would not be "room for more than one centre ground" party in a general election. Though Umunna had previously been publicly critical of the Liberal Democrats for "enabling Tory austerity" during the 2010 to 2015 coalition government , he told the BBC that "things have changed." He also speculated that "a good handful" of other MPs may defect to
1196-462: A net loss of 26 seats, failing to win a number of key marginal seats that it had expected to win comfortably. After being returned as MP for Doncaster North , Miliband stated that it had been a "difficult and disappointing" night for Labour. Following Cameron's success in forming a majority government, Miliband resigned as Leader of the Labour Party on 8 May, with Harman becoming acting leader while
1288-581: A particular interest in economic policy and reform of the City . Umunna described himself as being " One Nation Labour " and has written articles promoting the " Blue Labour " trend. He argued the Conservative-led coalition government should revise its programme of fiscal consolidation, take a tougher stance with the British banking industry and take action to transform the credit ratings agency market. Umunna
1380-539: A visiting scholar at Harvard University , before rising to become one of Chancellor Gordon Brown's confidants and chairman of HM Treasury 's Council of Economic Advisers. He was elected to the House of Commons in 2005 and Prime Minister Tony Blair made him Minister for the Third Sector in May 2006. When Brown became Prime Minister in 2007, he appointed Miliband Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of
1472-599: Is a British businessman and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019 . A former member of the Labour Party , he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He left Labour in February 2019, when he resigned to form The Independent Group, later Change UK , along with six other MPs. Later in 2019, he left Change UK and, after a short time as an independent MP, joined
1564-516: Is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliband was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2015. Alongside his brother, David Miliband , he served in the Cabinet from 2007 to 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown . Miliband
1656-550: The i newspaper that Change UK would be open to a pro-EU pact with the Liberal Democrats in order to unite the Remain vote. On 4 June, after Change UK's poor results in the EU election , Umunna left the party with five of its other MPs who did not wish for Change UK to stand candidates at future elections. Subsequently, Change UK's new leader, Anna Soubry , said that Umunna had made
1748-500: The 2012 local elections with a speech in Birmingham , accusing the coalition government of "betrayal", and claiming that it "lacked the values" that Britain needed. The Labour results were described as a success, with the party building on its performance the previous year in the north of England and Wales, consolidating its position in northern cities and winning control of places such as Cardiff and Swansea . Labour performed well in
1840-403: The 2019 general election , Miliband was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 38.7% and a decreased majority of 2,370. Following the election, it was announced that Miliband would sit on a panel of party figures to overview and investigate the electoral failure. On 6 April 2020, Keir Starmer appointed Miliband to his Shadow Cabinet, after winning the contest to become leader of
1932-562: The Conservative Party at the 2015 general election , Miliband resigned as leader on 8 May 2015. He was succeeded following a leadership election by Jeremy Corbyn , and returned to the backbenches. In 2020, Sir Keir Starmer appointed Miliband Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero . Following Labour's victory in the 2024 general election , Miliband returned to government after being appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero by Starmer. Ed Miliband
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#17328587085282024-650: The European Parliament elections , where the party increased its number of Members of the European Parliament from 13 to 20. Labour came second with 24.4% of the vote, finishing ahead of the Conservatives but behind UKIP . This was the first time since the 1984 that the largest opposition party had failed to win the most seats in European elections. On the same day, Labour polled ahead of all other parties at
2116-454: The Labour Party in 1997 when the party was styling itself as " New Labour ". He worked as a solicitor in the City of London , first for Herbert Smith and then for Rochman Landau, while writing articles for the Compass think tank. Umunna was selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Streatham in 2008, and was elected MP in the 2010 general election . When in parliament, he aligned with
2208-645: The Labour Party , as well as broader social and economic issues, usually in his capacity as a member of the Management Committee of the Labour-aligned Compass pressure group. He also wrote articles for the Financial Times , Tribune , The Voice , The Guardian and the New Statesman , and began to appear on various radio and television programmes as a commentator. He founded and edited
2300-579: The Liberal Democrats . In the 2019 general election, he failed to be re-elected, and did not return to the House of Commons . Born in Lambeth to a Nigerian father and English-Irish mother, Umunna was educated at St Dunstan's College , a private school in Catford , Lewisham . He then studied law at the University of Manchester and Nottingham Trent University . A teenage member of the Liberal Democrats , he joined
2392-669: The London School of Economics , where he obtained a master's degree in economics. Following Labour's 1997 landslide victory, Miliband was appointed as a special adviser to Chancellor Gordon Brown from 1997 to 2002. On 25 July 2002, it was announced that Miliband would take a 12-month unpaid sabbatical from HM Treasury to be a visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies of Harvard University for two semesters . He spent his time at Harvard teaching economics, and stayed there after September 2003 for an additional semester teaching
2484-578: The MP for Chesterfield . In 1989, Miliband gained four A Levels —in Mathematics (A), English (A), Further Mathematics (B) and Physics (B)—and then read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford . In his first year, he was elected JCR President , leading a student campaign against a rise in rent charges. In his second year he dropped philosophy, and was awarded an upper second class Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to graduate from
2576-655: The New England Patriots . Between 1978 and 1981, Ed Miliband attended Primrose Hill Primary School, near Primrose Hill , in Camden and then from 1981 to 1989, Haverstock Comprehensive School in Chalk Farm . He learned to play the violin while at school, and as a teenager, he reviewed films and plays on LBC Radio 's Young London programme as one of its fortnightly "Three O'Clock Reviewers". After completing his O-levels , he worked as an intern to family friend Tony Benn ,
2668-581: The New Labour branding, and by opposition to the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government's cuts to the public sector . Miliband also abolished the electoral college system to elect the leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party, and replaced it with a " one member, one vote " system in 2014. The first election to the Shadow Cabinet that took place under Miliband's leadership
2760-542: The October 2021 budget on behalf of Keir Starmer, who had contracted COVID-19 . In the November 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle , Miliband was appointed to the newly established post of Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero , assuming the energy responsibility from his previous role. He was succeeded as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy by Jonathan Reynolds . Miliband did not have
2852-582: The University of Manchester . After graduating, he studied for one term at the University of Burgundy in Dijon , before studying for a Master of Arts at Nottingham Trent University 's law school. Following university, in 2005, Umunna began work as a solicitor for the City of London firm Herbert Smith . In 2006, he joined Rochman Landau (now Ashfords LLP), specialising in employment law and advising companies on contentious, transactional and advisory matters. From 2006, he began to write and provide commentary on
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2944-518: The local elections , winning 31% of the vote and taking control of six additional councils. On 30 March 2015, a general election was called for 7 May. Miliband began his campaign by launching a "manifesto for business", stating that only by voting Labour would the UK's position within the European Union be secure. Miliband subsequently unveiled five pledges at a rally in Birmingham which would form
3036-516: The " One Nation Labour " branding, and by opposition to the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government 's cuts to the public sector . Miliband also abolished the electoral college system to elect the leader and deputy leader of the Labour Party, and replaced it with a " one member, one vote " system in 2014. He led his party into several elections, including the 2014 European Parliament election . Following Labour's defeat by
3128-496: The "factionalism and psychodramas" of Labour's past. He also repeatedly spoke of the need for a "new politics". During the Labour leadership campaign, he described himself as a socialist , and spoke out against some of the actions of the Blair ministry , including criticising its record on civil liberties and foreign policy. Though he was not yet an MP at the time of the 2003 vote, Miliband
3220-458: The 60% cut in carbon dioxide emissions previously announced. In March 2009, while Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Miliband attended the UK premiere of climate change film The Age of Stupid , where he was ambushed by actor Pete Postlethwaite , who threatened to return his OBE and vote for any party other than Labour if the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station were to be given
3312-630: The Conservative Party candidate, Nickie Aiken , finishing second with 30.7%. Helen Thompson replaced him as the Lib Dem candidate in Streatham, and also lost. Since April 2020, Umunna has been a non-executive director of Advanced and an adviser to Digital Identity Net UK. In July 2020 Umunna was appointed executive director and head of the Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) consultancy within
3404-475: The Conservatives. In 2021, Umunna joined JPMorgan Chase as Managing Director of its Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) advisory group in London. In July 2024, he was promoted to Global Head of Sustainable Solutions & EMEA Head of Green Economy Investment Banking, where he will co-lead the firm's global ESG practice. Umunna was born in Lambeth , south London, on 17 October 1978. His father, Bennett, of
3496-540: The Duchy of Lancaster . Miliband was subsequently promoted to the new post of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change , a position he held from 2008 to 2010. After the Labour Party was defeated at the 2010 general election , Brown resigned as Leader of the Labour Party; in September 2010, Miliband was elected to replace him . His tenure as Labour leader was characterised by a leftward shift in his party's policies under
3588-665: The EU lied during the campaign and also broke the law spending more money than was allowed. Umunna has stated that the British people now know the truth and should have a second say over whether the UK leaves the European Union . In July 2018, Umunna wrote, "If the proposals which the PM is pursuing feel unacceptable to the majority of the electorate, that says something. People voted to leave and to remain for very different reasons, but it's nonsense to say that every single person who voted for Brexit in
3680-509: The EU referendum did so because they unanimously agreed on leaving the single market and the customs union, putting the Good Friday Agreement at risk, garnering no extra money for the NHS (contrary to what they were told) and potentially continuing years of austerity ." In August 2018, The Guardian reported that "Umunna and fellow Labour MP Chris Leslie are widely believed to be laying
3772-557: The House of Commons and submitting no claims that later had to be paid back. Following the formation of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government on 11 May 2010, Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party with immediate effect. Deputy Leader Harriet Harman took over as Acting Leader and became Leader of the Opposition . On 14 May, Miliband announced that he would stand as
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3864-476: The Labour Party two days before. Miliband assumed the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in the new shadow cabinet. In September 2020, Miliband faced Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a debate on the UK Internal Market Bill , in a speech accusing him of "legislative hooliganism". On 27 October 2021, Miliband took Prime Minister's Questions following
3956-418: The Labour Party. Umunna increased his majority to 13,934 at the 2015 general election , with 53% of the vote in his constituency. Following Labour's defeat in the election and resignation of Ed Miliband as leader, Umunna was identified as one of the potential candidates to take over as leader of the party. He called for Labour to target Conservatives and "aspirational, middle-class voters", saying that
4048-502: The Labour leadership. In September 2015, following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as the Leader of the Labour Party , Umunna announced his resignation from the Shadow Cabinet and returned to the backbenches, citing differences over the Brexit referendum and issues of collective ministerial responsibility . Umunna supported "Remain" in the Brexit referendum . His constituency voted with
4140-539: The Liberal Democrats. In September 2019, in his first major speech to the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference , Umunna argued Britain was unable to exert its moral authority against authoritarian leaders in the world at a time when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was threatening to break the law over Brexit . At the 2019 general election , Umunna stood in Cities of London and Westminster , and lost to
4232-756: The London School of Economics as a Master of Science in Economics. In 1992, after graduating from the University of Oxford, Miliband began his working career in the media as a researcher to co-presenter Andrew Rawnsley in the Channel 4 show A Week in Politics . In 1993, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Harriet Harman approached Rawnsley to recruit Miliband as her policy researcher and speechwriter. At
4324-924: The Midlands and South of England, winning control of councils including Birmingham, Norwich , Plymouth and Southampton . Labour was less successful in Scotland than England and Wales, but retained control of Glasgow despite predictions it would not. Overall, Labour gained over 800 councillors and control of 22 councils. In April 2013, Miliband pledged ahead of the upcoming county elections that Labour would change planning laws to give local authorities greater authority to decide what shops can open in their high streets. He also said that Labour would introduce more strenuous laws relating to pay-day lenders and betting shops. Labour subsequently gained nearly 300 councillors, as well as control of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire County Councils . In May 2014, Miliband led Labour through
4416-759: The Nigerian Igbo ethnic group and owner of an import-export business, died in a road accident in Nigeria in 1992. His mother, Patricia Milmo, a solicitor, is of English-Irish background. His maternal grandparents were Joan Frances Morley, Lady Milmo and Sir Helenus Milmo QC , a High Court judge. Umunna was educated at Hitherfield Primary School in Streatham , South London, and the Christ Church Primary School in Brixton Hill . He says his parents felt that
4508-727: The Select Committee until his appointment as Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise . In October 2010, following Miliband's election as party leader, Umunna was appointed to serve as his Parliamentary Private Secretary and, in May 2011, he was appointed to the position of Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise until his promotion to the Shadow cabinet . Umunna was promoted as Shadow Business Secretary on 7 October 2011, replacing John Denham , who announced his retirement from front-bench politics. Following his appointment, Umunna re-affirmed Labour's commitment to introducing
4600-526: The UK's long-term economic planning. In early 2005, Miliband resigned his advisory role to HM Treasury to stand for election. Kevin Hughes , then the Labour MP for Doncaster North , announced in February of that year that he would be standing down at the next election due to being diagnosed with motor neurone disease . Miliband applied for selection to be the candidate in the safe Labour seat and won, beating off
4692-451: The West End as "trash" and "c-list wannabes", showed a "lack of respect for the public"; Umunna stated that the comments were meant to have been "light-hearted in tone and context" but appreciated that "the choice of words used were not appropriate" and apologised for any offence. Umunna was accused of hypocrisy for accepting a £20,000 gift from a gambling executive despite campaigning against
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#17328587085284784-589: The ability to 'lift' people". Other senior Labour figures who backed the younger Miliband included Tony Benn and former deputy leaders Roy Hattersley and Margaret Beckett . By 9 June, the deadline for entry into the leadership election, Miliband had been nominated by just over 24% of the Parliamentary Labour Party , double the threshold. By September, Miliband had received the support of six trade unions, including both Unite and UNISON , 151 of 650 Constituency Labour Parties , three affiliated socialist societies, and half of Labour MEPs . Miliband subsequently won
4876-407: The cabinet also led to the New Statesman naming him the twenty-first most influential British left-wing figure of 2023. At the 2024 general election , Miliband was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 52.4% and an increased majority of 9,126. Following Labour's victory at the general election, Miliband was appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero by Starmer. He
4968-405: The defeated amendment, which the Labour leadership argued conflicted with their manifesto commitment to end freedom of movement. On 15 April 2018, Umunna attended the launch event of the People's Vote , a campaign group calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union. Umunna favours a second referendum on Brexit . Umunna wrote that the campaign to leave
5060-444: The editorial board of The Political Quarterly journal, an unremunerated role. Renewing his previous stance on the issue in 2011, Miliband criticised Rupert Murdoch 's bid to takeover telecommunications company Sky in December 2016, subsequently supporting an inquiry by Ofcom . At the snap 2017 general election , Miliband was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 60.8% and an increased majority of 14,024. At
5152-545: The election, Miliband unveiled his Shadow Cabinet on 8 October 2010. Among others, he appointed Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Yvette Cooper was chosen as Shadow Foreign Secretary, and both defeated Labour leadership candidates Ed Balls and Andy Burnham were given senior roles, becoming Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Education Secretary respectively. Burnham was also given responsibility for overseeing Labour's election co-ordination. Sadiq Khan , who managed Miliband's successful leadership campaign,
5244-404: The election, the result of which was announced on 25 September 2010, after second, third and fourth preferences votes were counted, achieving the support of 50.654% of the electoral college, defeating his brother by 1.3%. In the fourth and final stage of the redistribution of votes after three candidates had been eliminated, Ed Miliband led in the trade unions and affiliated organisations section of
5336-512: The elections to the Scottish Parliament , Welsh Assembly and various councils across England, excluding London, on 5 May 2011. The results for Labour were described as a "mixed bag", with the party performing well in Wales – falling just one seat short of an overall majority and forming the next Welsh Government on its own – and making large gains from the Liberal Democrats in northern councils, including Sheffield , Leeds , Liverpool and Manchester . Miliband launched Labour's campaign for
5428-436: The electoral college (19.93% of the total to David's 13.40%), but in both the MPs and MEPs section (15.52% to 17.81%), and Constituency Labour Party section (15.20% to 18.14%), came second. In the final round, Ed Miliband won with a total of 175,519 votes to David's 147,220 votes. Miliband's tenure as Labour leader was characterised by a leftward shift in his party's policies under the One Nation Labour branding which replaced
5520-510: The first brothers to serve in a British cabinet since Edward and Oliver Stanley in 1938. He was additionally given the task of drafting Labour's manifesto for the 2010 general election . On 3 October 2008, Miliband was promoted to become Secretary of State for the newly created Department of Energy and Climate Change in a cabinet reshuffle. On 16 October, Miliband announced that the British government would legislate to oblige itself to cut greenhouse emissions by 80% by 2050, rather than
5612-436: The focus of a future Labour government, specifically identifying policies on deficit reduction, living standards, the NHS, immigration controls and tuition fees. He included an additional pledge on housing and rent on 27 April. On 14 April, Labour launched its full manifesto, which Miliband said was fully funded and would require no additional borrowing. During this time an online campaign began known as Milifandom . Miliband
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#17328587085285704-459: The go-ahead by the government. A month later, Miliband announced to the House of Commons a change to the government's policy on coal-fired power stations, saying that any potential new coal-fired power stations would be unable to receive government consent unless they could demonstrate that they would be able to effectively capture and bury 25% of the emissions they produce immediately, with a view to seeing that rise to 100% of emissions by 2025. This,
5796-681: The groundwork for the creation of a new [political] party although both have denied this." In October 2018, it was announced that Umunna would serve as the chairman of a new centrist think tank called Progressive Centre UK. It was revealed that he would be earning £65,000 a year for his work on the advisory board. On 18 February 2019, Umunna and six other MPs ( Luciana Berger , Chris Leslie , Angela Smith , Mike Gapes , Gavin Shuker , and Ann Coffey ) quit Labour in protest at Jeremy Corbyn 's leadership to form The Independent Group (later Change UK ). The Independent Group named Umunna as its Spokesman on 28 February 2019. On 24 May 2019, Umunna wrote in
5888-437: The head of its ESG advisory efforts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa , and co-leading the global ESG investment banking team. In 2022, Umunna was part of the JPMorgan team advising Vesa Equity, the investment business of Daniel Kretinsky , on their British investments which included 23% of Royal Mail . He has been criticised by newspapers for being extremely highly paid in the banking industry despite prior criticism of
5980-418: The highest proportion of votes to remain, with 79.5% . Following the victory for the Leave campaign, Umunna proposed an amendment to the bill to trigger Article 50 calling upon the government to investigate spending £350 million a week on the NHS, which was defeated by the government. He subsequently voted for the unmodified bill to leave the EU, writing with Wes Streeting that "as democrats we must abide by
6072-518: The industry's high pay. Umunna is married to Alice Sullivan, an employment lawyer. The couple have a daughter, born in 2017. He is a Crystal Palace F.C. fan. He has said that his politics and moral values come from Christianity, but that he is "not majorly religious". Several years before he left politics, Umunna was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2015. Ed Miliband [REDACTED] Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969)
6164-427: The local state school had "given up on him" and as a result had moved him to the boys' independent senior school St Dunstan's College , in Catford in south-east London, where he played the cello. During this period he was also a chorister at Southwark Cathedral . As a teenager, he was a member of the Liberal Democrats . He was awarded an upper second-class Bachelor of Laws degree in English and French Law from
6256-440: The national result". In the 2017 general election campaign Umunna opposed a second referendum on Brexit . Following his re-election in the 2017 general election, Umunna proposed a rebel amendment to the Queen's Speech calling upon the government to "rule out withdrawal from the EU without a deal" and "set out proposals to remain within the Customs Union and Single Market". Three Labour frontbenchers were sacked for supporting
6348-442: The online political magazine, The Multicultural Politic . In 2007, he campaigned in support of Jon Cruddas ' unsuccessful bid to become Labour deputy leader . In March 2008, Umunna was adopted as the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Streatham . At the 2010 general election , he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham with a 3,259 majority; he gave his maiden speech on 2 June 2010. He took
6440-415: The paper they were written on". The takeover bid eventually fell through in late May 2014 after the AstraZeneca board rejected Pfizer's final offer. In May 2014, Umunna criticised fellow Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham 's report into possible methods of restricting the sale and advertising of alcohol, unhealthy foods, and tobacco. He was quoted as having said that such courses of action as outlined in
6532-443: The party had "failed to get a single MEP elected". One week later, Umunna joined the Liberal Democrats and was appointed their Treasury and Business Spokesperson by leader Vince Cable . In August 2019, he was appointed Foreign Affairs, International Development and International Trade Spokesperson by new leader Jo Swinson . He stood for Cities of London and Westminster in the 2019 general election but lost to Nickie Aiken of
6624-557: The party leadership and resigned from the Shadow Cabinet to sit as a backbencher . A supporter of the unsuccessful 2016 referendum campaign to retain UK membership of the European Union , Ummuna campaigned for a referendum on the final deal with the EU . In February 2019, he resigned from Labour and joined The Independent Group, later Change UK . He was its group spokesperson but left in June 2019 to sit as an independent MP following "disappointing" European Parliament election results showing
6716-412: The party needs to be "on the side of those who are doing well." On 12 May, he announced his candidature for the Labour Party leadership election. Three days later, he withdrew from the contest, stating that he had been "uncomfortable" with "the added level of scrutiny that came with being a leadership candidate". On 26 May, he announced his endorsement of Liz Kendall , who was unsuccessful in her bid for
6808-477: The party's " Blue Labour " trend, which rejects neoliberal economics . He sat on the Treasury Select Committee until 2011, when he joined Ed Miliband 's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills . He was re-elected in the 2015 and 2017 general elections . Following Miliband's resignation, Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader in 2015; Umunna was critical of
6900-555: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Umunna&oldid=1243380827 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of African origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Chuka Umunna Chuka Harrison Umunna // ( / ˈ tʃ ʊ k ə ə ˈ m uː n ə / ; born 17 October 1978)
6992-439: The referendum result, Miliband said that, although he had supported Jeremy Corbyn since his election as leader, he had "reluctantly reached the conclusion his position [was] untenable", calling for Corbyn to step down in June 2016. In the ensuing contest , Miliband supported leadership challenger Owen Smith . Miliband later admitted that he was "clearly wrong" to call for Corbyn's resignation. In September 2016, Miliband joined
7084-592: The report would be seen to be "anti-business and interventionist". Umunna has argued for a British federal state on multiple occasions, and has said that progressives should not dismiss George Osborne 's notion of a " Northern Powerhouse ", arguing that greater devolution , federalisation of the UK Labour Party into individual Labour Parties representing each component nation of the UK, greater political autonomy for England in particular, more regional powers and "wholescale federalisation" are necessary to advance
7176-452: The specialist capital markets and financial services team at public relations and marketing consultancy firm Edelman UK . Umunna said about the appointment "If we're to fundamentally change the model of capitalism we've got to ensure that the overwhelming majority of businesses are integrating ESG factors into corporate decision making like never before." On 12 April 2021 he joined the investment bank JPMorgan Chase as Managing Director and
7268-553: The spread of betting shops in his constituency and promising new powers to limit them. In early May 2014, Umunna raised concerns in Parliament and public over the proposed takeover of AstraZeneca , by the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer , on the grounds of ensuring British jobs and interests. Despite assurances from Pfizer, Umunna went on to publicly denounce the proposed takeover proclaiming that Pfizer's assurances were "not worth
7360-732: The taxpayer, a view supported by the significant rise in the share price following the sale and the subsequent summoning of bankers to a parliamentary investigation. A member of the Labour Friends of Israel , he and Liam Byrne made an official visit to Israel in October 2012 as part of the LFI's UK-Israel Economic Dialogue group. Whilst a member of LFI, he condemned Israel's military courts for their treatment of Palestinian children accused of combat offences in December 2013. In April 2013, Umunna's law firm
7452-503: The time, Yvette Cooper also worked for Harman as part of Labour's Shadow Treasury team. In 1994, when Harriet Harman was moved by the newly elected Labour Leader Tony Blair to become Shadow Secretary of State for Employment , Miliband stayed on in the Shadow Treasury team and was promoted to work for Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown . In 1995, with encouragement from Gordon Brown, Miliband took time out from his job to study at
7544-469: The two major parties, but this did not happen, with the pair instead being interviewed separately by Jeremy Paxman as part of the first major televised political broadcast of the election involving multiple parties. Despite opinion polls leading up to the general election predicting a tight result, Labour decisively lost the 7 May general election to the Conservatives. Although gaining 22 seats, Labour lost all but one of its MPs in Scotland and ended up with
7636-704: Was a Marxist academic whose father fled with him to England during the Second World War . The family lived on Edis Street in Primrose Hill , London. His elder brother, David Miliband , still owns the house as of 2010. Ralph Miliband left his academic post at the London School of Economics in 1972 to take up a chair at the University of Leeds as a professor of Politics. His family moved to Leeds with him in 1973; Miliband attended Featherbank Infant School in Horsforth between 1974 and 1977, during which time he became
7728-399: Was among several ministers under Blair and Brown to be appointed to Starmer's cabinet. Two days after being appointed, Miliband lifted the offshore wind ban. Miliband is generally seen as being on the soft left of the Labour Party. Miliband described himself as a new type of Labour politician, looking to move beyond the divisiveness of Blairism and Brownism , and calling for an end to
7820-559: Was appointed Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Lord Chancellor , and continuing Deputy Leader Harriet Harman continued to shadow Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg , as well as being made Shadow International Development Secretary . Alan Johnson would later resign, stepping down for "personal reasons" on 20 January 2011, necessitating Miliband's first reshuffle, in which he made Balls Shadow Chancellor, Cooper Shadow Home Secretary and Douglas Alexander Shadow Foreign Secretary. Miliband's first electoral tests as Labour Leader came in
7912-474: Was born in the Fitzrovia district of Central London to Marion Kozak and Ralph Miliband , Polish Jewish immigrants. His father was a Marxist intellectual and native of Brussels who fled Belgium during the Second World War . He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Oxford and later from the London School of Economics . Miliband became first a television journalist, then a Labour Party researcher and
8004-573: Was born on 24 December 1969 in University College Hospital in Fitzrovia , London . He is the son of immigrant parents, Belgian-born Marxist sociologist Ralph Miliband and Polish-born Marion Kozak , both from Polish Jewish families. His mother, a human rights campaigner and early CND member, survived the Holocaust thanks to being protected by Catholic Poles but her father, Ed's maternal grandfather, did not. His father Ralph
8096-462: Was linked to favourable updates made on his Misplaced Pages page in 2007, which included a reference to him being tipped as the "British Barack Obama ". In the same month, Umunna was criticised for comments he had made in his mid 20s on the exclusive social network ASmallWorld about the West End of London . Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris said the 2006 comments, describing people visiting nightclubs in
8188-470: Was made Minister for the Third Sector , with responsibility for voluntary and charity organisations. On 28 June 2007, the day after Brown became Prime Minister , Miliband was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , being promoted to the cabinet . This meant that he and his brother, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, became
8280-411: Was on 7 October 2010. Ending days of speculation, David Miliband announced that he would not seek election to the Shadow Cabinet on 29 September, the day nominations closed, saying he wanted to avoid "constant comparison" with his brother Ed. The three other defeated candidates for the Labour leadership all stood in the election, though Diane Abbott failed to win enough votes to gain a place. Following
8372-650: Was one of 63 Labour MPs to nominate Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership election to succeed Gordon Brown as party leader. In June 2010, Umunna was elected as a member of the Treasury Select Committee . In January 2011, he questioned the chief executive of Barclays , Bob Diamond , in relation to alleged tax avoidance activities by the bank during which he disclosed that the bank used over 300 subsidiary companies in offshore jurisdictions. In response to his question, Diamond stated in February 2011 that Barclays had paid £113m in UK corporation tax in 2009, despite making £11.6bn in profit. Umunna held this position on
8464-422: Was portrayed during Labour's 2015 election campaign as being genuine in his desire to improve the lives of working people and to display progression from New Labour, but was unable to defeat interpretations of him as being ineffectual, or even cartoonish in nature. Miliband insisted that Cameron should debate him one on one as part of a televised election broadcast in order to highlight differences in policies between
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