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Jake Richards (politician)

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Jake Richards
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Rother Valley
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byAlexander Stafford
Majority998 (2.4%)
Personal details
Born
Jacob Ben Richards

(1989-07-05) July 5, 1989 (age 35)
London
Political partyLabour
ParentSteve Richards
EducationHighgate School (Senior School) Woodhouse College (Sixth Form)
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
City, University of London

Jacob Ben Richards (born 5 July 1989) [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Rother Valley since 2024.[2][3]

Early life and education

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Jacob Ben Richards[4] was born on 5 July 1989, the son of journalist and broadcaster Steve Richards.[5] He was educated at Highgate School, a private fee-paying school in North London, and then attended Woodhouse College. He read History at Somerville College, Oxford.[6] Following his undergraduate studies, he completed the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) at City, University of London.[7] He worked as a barrister at Deka Chambers in London;[8] his colleague Catherine Atkinson was also elected as a Labour MP at the 2024 General Election.[9]

Personal life

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He is engaged to the Sky News political correspondent Liz Bates, with whom he has a daughter.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Rother Valley – General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ^ "County united as Red Wall seats return to Labour". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Official document showing his full legal name". Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  5. ^ "The Starmtroopers: how Labour's centrists took back control". Spectator. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Tweet confirming History degree from Somerville College". Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Tweet confirming Bar Professional Training Course at City University London". Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Jake Richards - Deka Chambers - Barristers Chambers". Deka Chambers. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  9. ^ Williams, Emma (11 July 2024). "Catherine Atkinson and Jake Richards successful in General Election - Deka Chambers - Barristers Chambers". Deka Chambers. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Britain's political power couples — 2023 ranking". Politico. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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