Jamieson Ronald "Jamie" Reed was born on 4 August 1973 and is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament for Copeland from 2005 to 2017.
10 Facts About Jamie Reed
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Jamie Reed graduated with a BA in English from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester.
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Jamie Reed's comment was intended to be taken ironically and raise the issue of how the Bill would define what was and was not a religion.
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Jamie Reed has referred to himself as a "good Methodist" in parliamentary debate:.
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In November 2006, Jamie Reed was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Tony McNulty, Minister of State Policing, Security and Community Safety.
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Jamie Reed became PPS to Harriet Harman, Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Women, in October 2008.
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Jamie Reed served on the opposition front bench as a Shadow Environment Minister from 2010 to 2010, and a Shadow Health Minister from 2011 to 2015.
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Jamie Reed supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.
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Jamie Reed announced on 21 December 2016 that he would be resigning his seat at the end of January 2017 in order to take up a new role as Head of Development and Community Relations for Sellafield Ltd, triggering a by-election, which was won by Conservative MP Trudy Harrison.
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Jamie Reed formally resigned by taking the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 23 January 2017.