Melanie Onn

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Melanie Onn (June 2017)

Melanie Onn (* 19th June 1979 in Grimsby ) is a British politician of the Labor Party and former member of the House of Commons . She represented the Great Grimsby constituency from 2015 to 2019 .

Onn grew up in her hometown of Grimsby and lived on social housing projects for youth for a while at the age of 17. She later graduated from Middlesex University in Political Science , Philosophy and International Studies.

She worked for the local Labor Party for more than ten years and unsuccessfully applied for a seat in the European Parliament in the course of the 2009 European elections .

Onn is committed to the expansion of renewable energies .

In the course of the EU membership referendum in the UK in 2016 , Onn campaigned for the UK to remain in the European Union . However, she rejects a second referendum on the same issue. On October 18, 2019, Onn announced their intention to vote for Boris Johnson's deal with the EU.

Onn is considered to be critical of Jeremy Corbyn and stood behind Corbyn's challenger Owen Smith in his bid for Labor party leadership.

In the 2019 general election , Onn lost her seat to Lia Nici from the Conservative Party .

Onn lost 6726 votes compared to the last election , which corresponds to a percentage loss of 16.7 percent. She said afterwards that she already expected to lose her seat, but did not expect the loss to be so great.

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  1. ↑ Election 2017: The Great Grimsby candidates looking for your vote. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Dawn Foster: 'Young people can't get the kind of help I did when I was homeless' | Dawn Foster . In: The Guardian . July 26, 2017, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed October 13, 2019]).
  3. ^ Labor selects trade union organizer . July 27, 2014 ( bbc.com [accessed October 13, 2019]).
  4. ^ European elections 2009: Yorkshire & the Humber region . May 26, 2009, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed October 13, 2019]).
  5. ^ Grimsby is being reborn as the renewable energy capital of England. February 6, 2016, accessed October 13, 2019 .
  6. ↑ EU vote: Where the cabinet and other MPs stood . June 22, 2016 ( bbc.com [accessed October 13, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Melanie Onn quits Labor role to vote against Brexit referendum . In: grimsbytelegraph . March 27, 2019, ISSN  0307-1235 ( grimsbytelegraph.co.uk [accessed October 13, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Victoria Prentis, Melanie Onn: We as MPs need to come together to get Brexit done - and move on | Victoria Prentis and Melanie Onn . In: The Guardian . October 18, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed October 19, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Heather Stewart, Peter Walker: Labor's Melanie Onn declares intention to vote for Brexit deal . In: The Guardian . October 18, 2019, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed October 19, 2019]).
  10. ^ Conor Pope: Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith. July 21, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2019 (UK English).
  11. ↑ https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-1-1.pdf
  12. ↑ https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/election-night-grimsby-conservatives-win-3640079
personal data
SURNAME Onn, Melanie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, MP for Liverpool
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Grimsby