Amanda Hack

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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}

| image = Official portrait of Amanda Hack MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| office = Member of Parliament
for North West Leicestershire

| predecessor = Andrew Bridgen

| term_start = 4 July 2024

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| majority = 1,012 (2.0%)

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976|7}}

| birth_place = Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

| party = Labour

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| alma_mater = De Montfort University

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Amanda Jayne Hack (born July 1976) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire since 2024.{{cite news |last1=Garrett |first1=Lee |title=North West Leicestershire elects new MP |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/north-west-leicestershire-chooses-next-9383286 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=Leicestershire Live |date=5 July 2024 |language=en}}

Early life and education

Hack was born in July 1976.{{cite web |title=Amanda HACK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/7KmtLfsNfhpd1YpzCaHjSfAteLM/appointments |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |publisher=Company House |access-date=4 August 2024 |language=en}} She grew up in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, moving to Leicester to read business at De Montfort University. Before becoming an MP she was a councillor on Leicestershire County Council, representing the Braunstone division from 2017. She also worked for a housing association for vulnerable people.{{cite news |last1=Moorhouse |first1=Sam |title=Labour candidate selected for Tory seat held for over decade |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-candidate-selected-challenge-tory-8294330 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=Leicestershire Live |date=28 March 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Graham |title=Labour's General Election candidate Hack says there is a 'strong desire' for change in North West Leicestershire |url=https://ashby.nub.news/news/local-news/labours-general-election-candidate-hack-says-there-is-a-strong-desire-for-change-in-north-west-leicestershire-217257 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=Ashby Nub News |date=15 January 2024 |language=en}}

Political career

In the 2024 General Election, Hack was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire with 16,871 votes (34.7%) and a majority of 1,012 over the second place Conservative candidate.{{cite web |title=North West Leicestershire results - General election results 2024|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001404 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 August 2024 |date=5 July 2024}} Upon joining the House of Commons, Hack was elected as a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.{{cite web|url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee/membership/|title=Work and Pensions Committee|work=UK Parliament|access-date=24 October 2024}}