Stella Creasy | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
| In office 8 October 2013 – 18 September 2015 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (acting) |
| Preceded by | Shabana Mahmood |
| Succeeded by | Chi Onwurah |
| Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention | |
| In office 7 October 2011 – 8 October 2013 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Jack Dromey |
| Member of Parliament for Walthamstow | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Neil Gerrard |
| Majority | 17,996 (39.3%) |
| Mayor of Waltham Forest | |
| In office May 2002 – May 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammed Fazlur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Robert Belam |
| Member of the Waltham Forest Council for Lea Bridge | |
| In office 2 May 2002 – 4 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Roberto Bruni |
| Succeeded by | Afzal Akram |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stella Judith Creasy 5 April 1977 Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
| Domestic partner | Dan Fox |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Magdalene College, Cambridge (BA) London School of Economics (PhD) |
| Website | Official website |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Understanding the Lifeworld of Social Exclusion (2006) |
Stella Judith Creasy (born 5 April 1977) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow since 2010.
She served in the frontbench teams of Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman from 2011 to 2015. Following the Labour Party's defeat at the 2015 general election, Creasy stood in the Labour Party deputy leadership election, finishing second to Tom Watson. She was a vocal critic of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace him in the 2016 leadership election.