Holly Lynch

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Holly Lynch

Holly Lynch or Holly Walker-Lynch (born October 8, 1986 ) is a British Labor politician and Member of Parliament for Halifax , United Kingdom . She was first elected in the 2015 parliamentary elections. She has been the shadow minister of state for immigration since April 2020 .

Career

Lynch was born in Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, and grew up in Northowram. She attended Brighouse High School and studied politics and history at Lancaster University . She first worked at a Halifax takeaway, then at a small export company.

Political career

Lynch had just over six weeks to defend the Halifax Labor seat in 2015, having been nominated as the party's candidate in late March. The incumbent MP Linda Riordan decided in February to resign for health reasons. Lynch's nomination resulted in one of the most competitive election campaigns in Yorkshire. Riordan had held Halifax for Labor in 2010 by a majority of just 1,472 votes, and the seat was considered the Conservative Party's main target. But on election night Lynch was successful, holding the Labor Party seat with a majority of just 428 votes ahead of the Conservative candidate.

Lynch made her inaugural address in the House of Commons on June 9, 2015. Priorities were human rights, Britain's relations with Europe and the protection of the emergency department at Calderdale Royal Hospital.

In the 2017 general election, Lynch increased her lead over Conservative candidate Chris Pearson to 5376 votes (11.1% of the vote).

Lynch was a member of the Environmental Review Committee from July to October 2015 and was appointed to the Procedures Committee in February 2016. On September 18, 2015, she was appointed opposition leader in the lower house. Lynch chairs the bipartisan Fair Trade group, co-chairs the British Museum group and the Population, Development and Reproductive Health group and other parliamentary commissions.

She supported Owen Smith in his failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the Labor Party leadership election in 2016 .

After the reshuffle of the Shadow Cabinet in October and the dismissal of Dame Rosie Winterton as "Chief Whip ", Lynch resigned as a "whip". On July 3, 2017, she was reappointed to the first bank by Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn and took over the role of shadow minister for floods and coastal communities within the commission for the environment, food and rural affairs.

In the 2019 general election, Lynch was re-elected in her Halifax constituency with 21,496 of 46,458 votes cast and a majority of 2,569.

She supported Keir Starmer in the Labor Party leader election in 2020. After Starmer's victory, Lynch was appointed shadow minister of state for immigration.

Personal

Lynch has been married to Chris Walker since December 2014. She has played rugby for Lancaster University and the Halifax Vandals .

Web links

Commons : Holly Lynch  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Halifax parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 . In: BBC News . ( bbc.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  2. ↑ About. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Thrown in at the deepend in one of country's key marginals. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  4. ^ MP to stand down over health issues . In: BBC News . February 12, 2015 ( bbc.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Halifax is' Tories' key target seat '. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  6. ^ Like all of my newly elected ...: 9 Jun 2015: House of Commons debates. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ In Parliament. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  8. ^ Halifax parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 . In: BBC News . ( bbc.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  9. ^ Parliamentary career for Holly Lynch - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 3 February 2016: Fairtrade. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  11. ^ Conor Pope: Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith. July 21, 2016, accessed April 30, 2020 (UK English).
  12. ^ Rajeev Syal: Two Labor MPs resign as whips after Rosie Winterton sacking . In: The Guardian . October 9, 2016, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  13. ^ Reshuffle 2: The Maintenance of the Malcontents. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  14. ↑ General Election 2019: Labor's Holly Lynch reflects on retaining her Halifax seat. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  15. ↑ Calderdale and Kirklees Labor MPs give views on new leaders. Accessed April 30, 2020 (English).
  16. ↑ Sienna Rodgers: Shadow ministers appointed as Starmer completes frontbench. April 9, 2020, accessed April 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lynch, Holly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walker-Lynch, Holly (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Labor politician and MP
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1986