Navendu Mishra

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_suffix = MP

| name = Navendu Mishra

| birth_name = Navendu Prabhat Mishra{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-12-18/debates/2E37F0BD-4DF0-40A6-B9F9-0607212DBFB1/MembersSworn|title=Members Sworn|website=hansard.parliament.uk|date=2019-12-18|access-date=2020-01-28}}

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| image = Official portrait of Navendu Mishra MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2019

| office = Member of Parliament
for Stockport

| predecessor = Ann Coffey

| successor =

| term_start = 12 December 2019

| term_end =

| majority = 15,270

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|08|22}}

| residence = Brinnington, Greater Manchester, England

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| nationality = British

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| party = Labour Party

| education = Clifton College

| alma_mater = University of Hull
Keele University

| occupation = Politician

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| website = {{Official URL}}

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Navendu Prabhat Mishra (born 22 August 1989){{Who's Who | author=Anon| title = Mishra, Navendu | id = U294039 | year = 2019 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U294039 | edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}}{{Cite book|last=Brunskill|first=Ian|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1129682574|title=The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election|date=19 March 2020|isbn=978-0-00-839258-1|pages=341|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited |oclc=1129682574}} is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport since 2019.

Early life and career

Navendu Mishra was born on 22 August 1989 to Indian parents, with his mother from Gorakhpur and his father from Kanpur, both in Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite web|url=https://hindustantimes.com/world-news/mishra-mohindra-tipped-to-win-dec-12-polls-boost-number-of-uk-indian-mps/story-1xDoqa8v56qKRvVha2iYXK.html|title=Mishra, Mohindra tipped to win Dec 12 polls, boost number of UK Indian MPs|publisher=Hindustan Times|website=hindustantimes.com|date=14 November 2019|access-date=2 February 2020}} He was privately educated at Clifton College in Bristol,{{cite web |website=loaboursocial.com|title=Navendu Mishra MP for Stockport |url=https://laboursocial.com/navendu-mishra/|publisher=Labour Social |access-date=9 January 2023}} before studying at the University of Hull and Keele University.

Before entering politics, Mishra worked for the John Lewis Partnership and UNISON where he was a shop floor trade unionist in Stockport, eventually becoming an organiser for Unison and helping to organise care workers in precarious employment.{{Cite web|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/mishra-wins-stockport|title=Mishra wins parliamentary candidacy in Stockport|date=August 11, 2019|website=Morning Star}}

Political career

Mishra was one of the founders of Stockport Momentum and supported Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 Labour leadership election and 2016 Labour leadership election.{{cite news |last1=Mishra |first1=Navendu |title=Navendu Mishra: Why I'm standing for Labour's NEC |url=https://labourlist.org/2018/06/navendu-mishra-why-im-standing-for-labours-nec/ |access-date=7 July 2020 |work=LabourList |date=18 June 2018}}

He served as a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party from September 2018 until December 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://labourlist.org/2018/09/full-jc9-slate-elected-to-labours-nec/|title=Full #JC9 slate elected to Labour's NEC|date=September 3, 2018|website=LabourList}} As he was one of the nine representatives for Constituency Labour Parties, Mishra was ineligible to remain a member of the NEC upon his election as a Member of Parliament.{{cite news |last1=Rodgers |first1=Sienna |title=Momentum reveals slate for local party reps in NEC by-elections |url=https://labourlist.org/2020/02/momentum-reveals-slate-for-local-party-reps-in-nec-by-elections/ |access-date=7 July 2020 |work=LabourLIst |date=6 February 2020}}

Parliamentary career

At the snap 2017 general election, Mishra stood in Hazel Grove, coming third with 20.5% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative candidate William Wragg and the Liberal Democrat candidate.{{cite news |title=Hazel Grove parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000738 |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC News}}{{Cite web |title=Hazel Grove - 2017 Election Results - General Elections Online |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/results/Location/Constituency/Hazel%20Grove |access-date=2020-06-26 |website=electionresults.parliament.uk}}

Mishra was selected as Labour's candidate for Stockport at the 2019 general election after the incumbent, Ann Coffey, left the Labour Party in protest over Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and joined Change UK.{{cite news |title=Stockport's Labour MP for over 25 years throws support behind Lib Dem candidate |first=Nick |last=Statham |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/ann-coffey-stockport-lib-dem-17278052 |publisher=Manchester Evening News|website=manchestereveningnews.co.uk |date=18 November 2019 |access-date=1 September 2020}} At the general election, Mishru was elected to Parliament as MP for Stockport with 52% of the vote and a majority of 10,039.{{Cite news |title=Stockport parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000969 |access-date=13 December 2019 |website=bbc.com}}{{cite web |title=Statement of persons nominated 2019 |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/ii3xdrqc6nfw/7KBrO6LrgpEjqEGuS8tXFX/a9ab33e50eb86b068a559767c9ad1ddd/Statement_of_Persons_Nominated_and_Notice_of_Poll_-_Stockport.pdf}}

Mishra has been a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and endorsed Rebecca Long-Bailey in the 2020 Labour leadership election.{{Cite tweet |user=NavPMishra |author=Navendu Mishra MP |number=1260514137202966528 |date=13 May 2020 |title=Thanks for getting in touch, I support UBI & have signed letters in the past regarding this matter. Several members of Socialist Campaign Group cannot sign letters nowadays as they serve in front bench or Parliamentary Private Secretary roles. Although I am a proud member of SCG. }}{{cite news |title=The New Intake |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/03/the-new-intake |access-date=7 July 2020 |work=Tribune |date=5 March 2020}} In May 2024, PoliticsHome reported that he had left the Campaign Group.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-29 |title=The Labour left under Keir Starmer: 'They're not just sealing the tomb but incinerating it' |url=https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/labour-left-keir-starmer-theyre-sealing-tomb-incinerating-it |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Politics Home |language=en}}

On 15 October 2020, Mishra resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Angela Rayner to vote against the proposed Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, rebelling against the Labour whip to abstain.{{cite tweet|last=Mishra|first=Navendu|user=NavPMishra|title=It is with a heavy heart that I resigned as a PPS before this afternoon's vote on the #CHISBill.
I will continue to support @AngelaRayner and @Keir_Starmer from the backbenches and do all I can to help secure a Labour Government|date=15 October 2020|number=1316774354756284416}}

During the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election, Mishra accused his own party of having a "hierarchy of racism", with "some groups seen as fair game for attacks based on religion/race/heritage".{{cite news|last=Ehsan|first=Rakib|date=29 June 2021|title=The Labour party has displayed utter contempt for British Indian voters in Batley and Spen|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/29/labour-party-has-displayed-utter-contempt-british-indian-voters/|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629121355/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/29/labour-party-has-displayed-utter-contempt-british-indian-voters/|archive-date=29 June 2021}}

At the 2024 general election, Mishra was re-elected to Parliament as MP for Stockport with a decreased vote share of 49.9% and an increased majority of 15,270.{{cite web |date=9 July 2024 |title=Election results for Stockport |url=https://democracy.stockport.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=861&RPID=90811365 |access-date=5 July 2024 |publisher=Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council}}

In November 2024, it was reported that Mishra tabled a series of parliamentary questions on Indian interests while failing to declare donations of thousands of pounds from Indian organisations.{{cite news |last1=Webber |first1=Esther |title=Labour MP failed to declare Indian donations in questions to ministers |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-labour-mp-navendu-mishra-failed-declare-indian-donation-questions-ministers-parliament/ |access-date=22 November 2024 |work=Politico |date=21 November 2024}}