Alex Sobel
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Alex Sobel MP |
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Member of Parliament for Leeds North West |
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Assumed office 9 June 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Greg Mulholland |
| Majority | 4,224 (9.1%) |
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| Born | Alex Sobel |
| Political party | Labour Co-op |
Alexander David Sobel is a British politician, and the Labour Co-op Member of Parliament for Leeds North West in West Yorkshire, England. He was elected at the 2017 general election, succeeding Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland, who had held the seat since 2005.
Sobel's parents immigrated from Israel in 1971. Sobel was educated at the University of Leeds, studying Information Systems. Until his election as MP, Sobel worked with social enterprises and ran the regional body Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber. His priorities as MP include protecting membership of the EU single market and nationalising energy, water and Royal Mail. He opposes the Trident nuclear programme.
He has been a Labour councillor for the Moortown ward of Leeds City Council since 2012, elected in 2012 and again in 2016. He led the council's work on air pollution and climate change.
A member of the Jewish Labour Movement, Sobel called in 2016 for the Jewish community to work with Naz Shah "so she better understands Jewish Life in the UK, Israel and the rest of the diaspora". Sobel is also an Executive Committee Member for SERA, Labour's Environment Campaign.
Sobel is the father of two children.
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