29 Facts About Laura Pidcock

Laura Pidcock was born on 19 August 1987 and is a British former Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 2017 until 2019, when she lost her seat.

Laura Pidcock served as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet.

Laura Pidcock is currently the National Secretary of the People's Assembly Against Austerity.

Laura Pidcock was born in North Shields, North Tyneside and raised in New Hartley and Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.

Laura Pidcock's mother Mary was a social worker while her father Bernard was an office manager who was a member of Northumberland County Council from 2008 until his death in February 2019.

Laura Pidcock recollects, at the age of 3, attending demonstrations with her parents against then-Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and against the apartheid system in South Africa.

Laura Pidcock studied politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was a mental health support worker before working within, then managing, the education team at anti-racism charity Show Racism the Red Card.

Laura Pidcock completed an MSc in Disaster Management and Sustainable Development at Northumbria University in 2012, with research focusing on children's institutions in Bulgaria.

Laura Pidcock was councillor for Cramlington Eastfield division on Northumberland County Council until she lost her seat to the Conservative Party candidate in the 2017 local elections.

Only weeks prior to the 2017 United Kingdom general election, Laura Pidcock was selected to stand for Labour in North West Durham, when the previous MP, Pat Glass, stood down.

Laura Pidcock's speech was shared over 200,000 times on social media in 48 hours.

Laura Pidcock was later appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights.

Laura Pidcock announced at the 2019 TUC that the next Labour Government would create a Ministry for Employment Rights to "bring about the biggest extension of rights for workers that our country has ever seen" to deliver better wages, greater security and give workers more of a say over how their workplaces are run.

Laura Pidcock had sent out more than 5,000 letters in September 2019 accusing the Conservatives of a "welfare cut".

Laura Pidcock said she used a template from a House of Commons department, but had made some changes.

Laura Pidcock identifies as a socialist, and supported the policies of party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Laura Pidcock stated in mid-2017 that Tories were "the enemy" and said she was "disgusted at the way they're running this country".

Laura Pidcock criticised the Conservative government for doing far too little for working-class people, and said that her then constituency had suffered long-term de-industrialisation and lack of investment, leading to significant financial difficulties for many residents.

Laura Pidcock highlighted the rise in volunteer organisations to help support people who have been left behind by the state.

In December 2017, in a Parliamentary question to the Prime Minister, Theresa May, Laura Pidcock condemned delays to payments under the Universal Credit system in the period just before Christmas, "the toughest financial time" for her constituents.

Laura Pidcock criticised the lack of proxy voting for pregnant women in Parliament, attending a vote in 2018 whilst in the late stages of pregnancy.

Laura Pidcock described climate change as the "biggest issue facing humanity", and spoke at School Strike for Climate demonstrations.

That same year Laura Pidcock was appointed as the National Secretary of the People's Assembly Against Austerity.

In November 2020, Laura Pidcock was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.

Laura Pidcock subsequently apologised to Pidcock and said the remark was unjustifiable.

In March 2022, Laura Pidcock announced that she would not seek to be reselected as the Labour candidate for North West Durham.

In June 2017, Laura Pidcock said she would accept a council house, but there were none available.

Laura Pidcock claimed that she was unable to afford the deposit for her first home because of her university debt, so she was renting in the private sector.

Laura Pidcock bought a house jointly with Kebede in September 2018.