Rebecca Long-Bailey | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
| In office 6 April 2020 – 25 June 2020 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Angela Rayner |
| Succeeded by | Kate Green |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
| In office 9 February 2017 – 6 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Clive Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Ed Miliband |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 27 June 2016 – 9 February 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Seema Malhotra |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dowd |
| Shadow Minister for the Treasury | |
| In office 18 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Member of Parliament for Salford Salford and Eccles (2015–2024) | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Hazel Blears |
| Majority | 15,101 (38.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rebecca Roseanne Long 22 September 1979 Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Labour Party (2014–2024; suspended and whip withdrawn) Socialist Campaign Group |
| Spouse | Stephen Bailey |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Solicitor |
| Website | www |
Rebecca Roseanne Long-Bailey (née Long; born 22 September 1979)[1] is a British independent, formerly Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford, previously Salford and Eccles, since 2015. She served in the Shadow Cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn, first as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2016 to 2017 and then as Shadow Business Secretary from 2017 to 2020. Under Keir Starmer, she served as Shadow Education Secretary for only two months in 2020.
Long-Bailey was elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election. After Jeremy Corbyn was elected in the 2015 Labour leadership election, Long-Bailey was appointed as a Junior Treasury Minister and was nominated to sit on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
Long-Bailey was a candidate in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, finishing second to Keir Starmer.
In July 2024, Long-Bailey was suspended for a term of six months along with six other Labour MPs from the Labour Left for voting in favour of a proposed Scottish National Party amendment to the king's speech at the 2024 State Opening of Parliament in favour of removing the two-child benefit cap.
- ^ Graham Stewart (25 June 2020). "Shifting momentum: why Starmer sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey". The Critic. Retrieved 7 June 2021.