1. Gavin Shuker was born on 10 October 1981 and is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Luton South from 2010 to 2019.
18 Facts About Gavin Shuker
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Gavin Shuker successfully defended the seat as the Labour candidate in 2010, after his predecessor Margaret Moran stood down following controversy over her expenses.
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Gavin Shuker was appointed as a Shadow International Development Minister by Ed Miliband in 2013.
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Gavin Shuker left the Opposition Frontbench in September 2015, with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Party Leader, citing "political differences" with him.
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Gavin Shuker resigned from Labour on 18 February 2019 with six other MPs, and they formed Change UK.
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Gavin Shuker stood as an independent in the 2019 United Kingdom general election but lost his seat.
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Gavin Shuker then attended Luton Sixth Form College before going on to acquire a degree in Social and Political Sciences at Girton College, Cambridge.
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Gavin Shuker became leader and pastor of the City Life Church in Luton until he stood for parliament.
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Gavin Shuker was a member of Christians on the Left and a Vice-Chair of Christians in Parliament.
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Contrary to a newspaper piece written about Gavin Shuker, he was not opposed to the introduction of same-sex marriage.
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Gavin Shuker wrote he had "misgivings about how legally robust safeguards [which were put in place to prevent religious groups from being forced to carry out ceremonies] were in legislation", but he did not block the legislation and indeed voted for its implementation in later divisions.
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Gavin Shuker's brief covered policy on Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, in addition to responsibility for policy on climate change, inequality, violence against women and girls and the post-2015 SDG agenda.
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Gavin Shuker was a member of other APPGs, including the group on Kashmir, East-West Rail and Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery.
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In March 2012, Gavin Shuker was one of three MPs who signed a letter sent to the Advertising Standards Authority asking it to reverse its decision to stop the Christian group "Healing on the Streets of Bath" from making explicit claims that prayer can heal.
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Gavin Shuker has been a critic of right-wing nationalist groups such as Britain First, the English Defence League and Liberty GB, condemning what he calls their repeated "targeting" of Luton.
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Gavin Shuker has drawn attention to the high costs of policing demonstrations by the EDL, and has spoken at rallies opposing the EDL's presence in Luton.
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In July 2019, Gavin Shuker was a founding member of a grouping of MPs called The Independents.
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Gavin Shuker was married to Lucie, whom he met at the University of Cambridge but announced in 2016 that they had divorced.