Barry Gardiner
Profile
Barry Gardiner is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Brent West since 2024, having previously represented Brent North from 1997. Educated at the University of St Andrews, Harvard, and Cambridge, he began his career in local government as the Mayor of Cambridge. Throughout his parliamentary tenure, Gardiner has held several ministerial and shadow cabinet positions, including Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade and Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. He is known for his focus on environmental policy, international trade, and his advocacy for workers' rights, including efforts to ban fire-and-rehire practices.
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- Born
- 1957-03-10 · 69 years old
- Birth place
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Education
- High School of Glasgow, Haileybury and Imperial Service College, University of St Andrews, Harvard University, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Career
- Scottish Regional Secretary of the Student Christian Movement, senior partner in shipping insurance and arbitration
