Callum Anderson
{{Short description|British politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
| image = Official portrait of Callum Anderson MP crop 2.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| office = Member of Parliament
for Buckingham and Bletchley
| predecessor = Constituency created
| term_start = 4 July 2024
| term_end =
| majority = 2,421 (5.0%)
| office1 = Member of Ealing London Borough Council for South Acton
| term_start1 = 5 May 2022
| birth_name = Callum Bradley Anderson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1991|08|07|df=y}} or 1992
| birth_place = Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
| party = Labour
| education =
| alma_mater = University of Birmingham (BSc)
| website =
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Callum Bradley Anderson (born 1991 or 1992){{Cite web |last=Crick |first=Michael |date=February 23, 2024 |title=BUCKINGHAM & BLETCHLEY: Callum Anderson, 32... |url=https://x.com/tomorrowsmps/status/1760967279469027543 |website=X}} is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham and Bletchley since 2024.
Early life and career
Anderson was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire to a black father and white mother.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N9WFuUDrmE | title=#Blacklivesmatter - Growing up Black in Britain - Callum Anderson | website=YouTube | date=24 June 2020 }}{{Cite web |last=Murrer |first=Sally |date=July 5, 2024 |title=Labour Party's Callum Anderson claims Buckingham and Bletchley seat at 2024 General Election |url=https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/politics/labour-partys-callum-anderson-claims-buckingham-and-bletchley-seat-at-2024-general-election-4691744 |website=The Bucks Herald}} He was raised by his mother, a shopworker, in a council house.
In 2013, Anderson received a Bachelor of Science in Economics with German from the University of Birmingham.{{Cite web |date=2015-04-10 |title=Callum Anderson - ResPublica |url=https://www.respublica.org.uk/our-people/contributors/callum-anderson/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=ResPublica - society · prosperity · virtue}} He has worked as a policy adviser to the London Stock Exchange and City of London Corporation, having previously worked for several think tanks.{{Cite web |last=joe |date=2024-07-05 |title=Britain's new MPs and government: FinTech election afternoon update - From the Innovate Finance Policy Team |url=https://www.innovatefinance.com/policy-blogs/britains-new-mps-and-government-fintech-election-afternoon-update/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Innovate Finance – The Voice of Global FinTech |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Norford |first=Olga |date=May 24, 2024 |title=Callum Anderson launches campaign to become Labour MP for Buckingham and Bletchley |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/callum-anderson-launches-campaign-to-become-labour-mp-for-buckingham-and-bletchley-4641425 |website=MKCitizen}}
Before being elected as an MP, Anderson worked at London Stock Exchange Group plc.{{Cite web |title=Register of Members' Interests - Callum Anderson |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/5193/registeredinterests |website=parliament.uk}}
Political career
Anderson joined the Labour Party at 18 years old. He has been a member of Labour's National Policy Forum, supported by Labour to Win, and the BAME Labour Network executive.{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Sienna |date=2021-07-25 |title=Pro-Starmer Labour to Win celebrates gains at London Labour conference |url=https://labourlist.org/2021/07/pro-starmer-labour-to-win-celebrates-gains-at-london-labour-conference/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Edobor |first=Callum Anderson, Martin |date=2020-06-02 |title=Labour BAME Network: United we stand, divided we fall |url=https://labourlist.org/2020/06/labour-bame-network-united-we-stand-divided-we-fall/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}
Anderson stood as a Labour candidate at the 2019 general election, finishing second-place in his former home constituency of South West Bedfordshire. He expressed support for a second EU referendum during the election campaign.{{Cite web |last=LabourList |date=2019-11-14 |title=The list of Labour candidates signed up to the Remain pledge |url=https://labourlist.org/2019/11/the-list-of-labour-candidates-signed-up-to-the-remain-pledge/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}
He unsuccessfully applied to be a Londonwide candidate for the 2021 London Assembly election,{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Sienna |date=2019-07-16 |title=Full list: Labour's London Assembly selection candidates |url=https://labourlist.org/2019/07/full-list-labours-london-assembly-selection-candidates/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}} and the Parliamentary candidate for Stevenage in 2022.{{cite web |date=26 February 2024 |title=Labour selects candidate for the most important seat on election night: Buckingham and Bletchley |url=https://labourlist.org/2024/02/buckingham-bletchley-labour-party-election-candidate-calum-anderson-mp/ |access-date=13 July 2024 |publisher=Labour List}}
Anderson was elected as a Member of Ealing London Borough Council for South Acton in 2022. In Ealing, he has been a school governor and one of the Council's Race Equality Commissioners.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-04-16 |title=Take part in the Race Equality Commission meeting |url=https://www.aroundealing.com/news/take-part-in-ealings-race-equality-commission/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Around Ealing |language=en-GB}}
At the 2024 general election, Anderson was elected as the first MP for the new Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.{{Cite web |title=Buckingham and Bletchley {{!}} General Election 2024 He was elected to Ealing Council for the ward of South Acton in 1922. {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/buckingham-and-bletchley-109 |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}} He defeated Conservative Iain Stewart, who had served as MP for one of its predecessor constituencies.{{Cite web |last=Hainey |first=Fionnula |date=4 July 2024 |title=Buckingham and Bletchley general election 2024 results in full |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/buckingham-bletchley-general-election-2024-29305587 |access-date=8 July 2024 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Buckingham and Bletchley results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001141 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}{{cite news |title=South Acton ward councillor standing down to focus on Parliament role |url=https://ealing.news/ealing-council/south-acton-ward-councillor-standing-down-to-focus-on-parliament-role/ |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=EALING.NEWS |publisher=EALING.NEWS}}
In November 2024, Anderson voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.{{cite web |title=Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading |url=https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1877 |website=UK Parliament |access-date=30 November 2024}}
References
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External links
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- {{official website|https://www.callumanderson.org.uk/}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Ealing