Torsten Bell | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Swansea West | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Geraint Davies |
Majority | 8,515 (17.1%) |
Personal details | |
Born | September 1982 (age 41–42) Greenwich,[1] England, United Kingdom |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Political party | Labour |
Children | 2[2] |
Alma mater | Mansfield College, Oxford |
Known for | Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation (2015–2024) |
Torsten Henricson-Bell FAcSS (born September 1982) is a Labour politician, economist, author, and newspaper columnist, serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West since 2024.[3] Previously he was the chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, an economic thinktank, from 2015 to 2024. He was appointed to the Resolution Foundation in 2015 after having served as Ed Miliband's Director of policy, and as a Treasury civil servant who became special adviser to Alistair Darling during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[4]