Adam Jogee

Adam Jogee
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byAaron Bell
Majority5,069 (12.8%)
Member of Haringey London Borough Council for Hornsey
In office
22 May 2014 – 4 July 2024
Personal details
Born
Adam Habib Jogee

Haringey, London, England
Political partyLabour

Adam Habib Jogee[1] (born December 1991) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme since 2024.

Education and career

Jogee was awarded a scholarship in 2008 to take his A-levels at Highgate School, and was a member of Haringey Youth Parliament at the age of 16.[2]

He was a councillor for Haringey London Borough Council (Hornsey ward) and was elected Mayor of Haringey in 2020[3] alongside a role working with Labour MP Ruth Jones in the Shadow Defra team. He was selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Newcastle-under-Lyme in April 2023, and was elected with a majority of 5,069.[4][5]

Jogee resigned from his council role when Rishi Sunak, the prime minister at the time, called a general election to take place on 4 July 2024, leading to a Haringey Council by-election for Hornsey to take place on the same day as the general election.[6][7]

Personal life

Jogee was born and bred in Haringey, and has Jamaican and Zimbabwean heritage;[3] he is a Muslim, and has spoken about his experiences with racism and Islamophobia.[8] In his maiden speech in parliament Jogee said that "My maternal grandfather arrived in the United Kingdom from Jamaica, to serve King and country and to help fight fascism. He docked in Liverpool in 1941 and, after meeting my grandmother, built a life in Staffordshire, the county I am proud to represent today." He also stated that he was "the first black man to represent anywhere in the West Midlands".[9]

References

  1. ^ House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ Pears, Elizabeth. "Aspiring politician has his eye on the prize". Tottenham & Wood Green Independent. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "New Haringey mayor vows to tackle racism upon start of Black History Month". Ham & High. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Newcastle-under-Lyme | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  5. ^ Price, Richard (3 April 2023). "Labour's Newcastle MP hopeful is ex-mayor of London borough". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ Marsh, Alex (11 June 2024). "By-election candidates revealed after councillor resigns to run for Parliament". Ham & High. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ Cracknell, James (14 June 2024). "Senior Labour councillor's resignation prompts Hornsey by-election". Haringey Community Press. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Mayor of Haringey supports anti-discrimination campaign". Haringey Council. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill". Hansard. 29 July 2024.
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