19 Facts About Fabian Hamilton

Fabian Hamilton served as Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament from November 2016 to September 2023.

Fabian Hamilton was educated at Brentwood School in Essex where he participated in the school's dramatic productions, playing a minor role in the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar alongside Douglas Adams and Griff Rhys Jones.

Fabian Hamilton then attended the University of York where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Fabian Hamilton was elected as a councillor to the City of Leeds Council in 1987, stepping down in 1998.

Fabian Hamilton was elected as the chairman of the Leeds West Constituency Labour Party in 1987.

Fabian Hamilton's selection was vetoed by the National Executive Committee, allegedly for her left-wing politics; unhappy with the situation, opponents took out an unsuccessful private prosecution against Hamilton under the Companies Act in connection with his printing business.

Fabian Hamilton made his maiden speech on 23 June 1997, in which he explained that his constituency stretches from the inner-city Leeds district of Chapeltown all the way out to Harewood House, the stately home of the Earls of Harewood.

In November 2006, Fabian Hamilton was a signatory of the Euston Manifesto and of the statement of principles of the Henry Jackson Society a neoconservative foreign policy think tank.

In October 2008, Fabian Hamilton was the first MP to hold a virtual surgery for constituents who can go to his constituency office while he is in London, and converse via webcam.

Fabian Hamilton was a signatory of an open letter to the then-Labour Party leader Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.

On 7 January 2016, Fabian Hamilton was appointed a shadow Foreign Minister, outside the Shadow Cabinet.

On 29 June 2016, Fabian Hamilton was appointed as Shadow Europe Minister to replace Pat Glass, who resigned over concerns about Corbyn's leadership.

Fabian Hamilton resigned a few days later on 4 July 2016, saying that he was troubled by Corbyn's response to the Chakrabarti Inquiry into anti-Semitism.

In November 2024, Fabian Hamilton voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.

Fabian Hamilton responded in a statement that this was "a genuine mistake" and that the money was paid back when the error was discovered by the House of Commons Fees Office.

The Telegraph accused Fabian Hamilton of "flipping" his second home designation to decorate and furnish both his constituency home in Leeds and London flat.

Fabian Hamilton defended his actions and accused the Daily Telegraph of "deliberately misrepresenting" him.

Fabian Hamilton married Rosemary in 1980: they have two daughters and a son.

Fabian Hamilton is a keen cyclist, and once cycled to Aachen, Germany, raising funds for the Funzi and Bodo Trust, a children's charity based in Kenya.