Simon Lightwood | |
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![]() 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, England |
Political party | Labour and Co-operative[1] |
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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