Simon Lightwood | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Guy Opperman |
| Shadow Minister for Local Transport[a] | |
| In office 27 September 2022 – 4 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Sam Tarry |
| Member of Parliament for Wakefield and Rothwell Wakefield (2022–2024) | |
| Assumed office 23 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Imran Ahmad Khan |
| Majority | 9,346 (23.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Simon Robert Lightwood 15 December 1980 South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative[1] |
| Residence(s) | Ossett, West Yorkshire, England |
| Alma mater | Bretton Hall College |
| Website | www.simonlightwood.org.uk |
Simon Robert Lightwood (born 15 December 1980)[2] is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield and Rothwell since 2024. From a 2022 by-election until 2024, he represented Wakefield.[3][4] He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport since July 2024,[5] having previously been Shadow Minister for Local Transport from 2022 until 2024.[6]
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- ^ "Simon Robert Lightwood". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Wakefield by-election: Labour wins back Red Wall seat from Conservatives". Sky News. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Imran Ahmad Khan: MP resigns after being found guilty of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy". Sky News. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Meet our Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Retrieved 9 September 2023.