For the English electric folk musician, see Chris Leslie (musician).
Chris Leslie
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 11 May 2015 – 12 September 2015
Leader
Harriet Harman (acting)
Preceded by
Ed Balls
Succeeded by
John McDonnell
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 7 October 2013 – 11 May 2015
Leader
Ed Miliband
Preceded by
Rachel Reeves
Succeeded by
Shabana Mahmood
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2013
Leader
Ed Miliband
Preceded by
Stephen Timms
Succeeded by
Shabana Mahmood
Ministerial offices
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
In office 13 June 2003 – 5 May 2005
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Regeneration and Regional Development
In office 29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Nick Raynsford[a]
Succeeded by
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office
In office 11 June 2001 – 29 May 2002
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Graham Stringer
Succeeded by
Douglas Alexander
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament for Nottingham East
In office 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by
John Heppell
Succeeded by
Nadia Whittome
Member of Parliament for Shipley
In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by
Marcus Fox
Succeeded by
Philip Davies
Personal details
Born
Christopher Michael Leslie
(1972-06-28) 28 June 1972 (age 51) Keighley, England
Political party
Independent (since 2019)
Other political affiliations
Change UK (2019) Labour and Co-operative (until 2019)
Spouse
Nicola Murphy
Alma mater
University of Leeds
Website
Official website
Other offices
March–June 2019: Change UK Spokesperson for Economics and Trade
Christopher Michael Leslie (born 28 June 1972) is a debt collection executive and a former British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he defected to form Change UK and later became an independent politician.
Born in Keighley, Leslie was educated at Bingley Grammar School and graduated from the University of Leeds with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Parliamentary Studies and a Master of Arts in Industrial and Labour Studies. After working as an office administrator and political researcher, he was elected to Parliament for Shipley aged 24 at the 1997 general election.
Leslie was a minister in the Department for Constitutional Affairs from 2001 to 2005 but lost his seat at the 2005 general election. He was director of the New Local Government Network think-tank from 2005 until being elected for Nottingham East at the 2010 general election.
Between May and September 2015, Leslie served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in the shadow cabinet of acting Labour leader Harriet Harman. In 2018, he lost a motion of no confidence by his constituency party. In February 2019, Leslie left Labour alongside six other MPs in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn to form The Independent Group, later Change UK.
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keyboards), and they have remained active since. Allcock was replaced by ChrisLeslie (mandolin, violin, vocals) in 1996, and Gerry Conway replaced Mattacks...
The group was founded by MPs Luciana Berger, Ann Coffey, Mike Gapes, ChrisLeslie, Gavin Shuker, Angela Smith and Chuka Umunna, after they announced their...
Socialists by Chris Bryant, 1996, Hodder & Stoughton Religious, ISBN 0-340-64201-7 Stafford Cripps: The First Modern Chancellor by Chris Bryant, 1997,...
and gospel. Leslie has worked on commercially successful releases for Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Diddy, LL Cool J, Kanye West, Usher, and Chris Brown, among...
Leslie Marian Uggams (/ˈʌɡəmz/; born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized...
(since 1969) fiddler Ric Sanders (since 1985) and multi instrumentalist ChrisLeslie (since 1996). Bassist Ashley Hutchings met guitarist Simon Nicol in North...
Council in 1996. Fox lost his seat at the general election in 1997 to ChrisLeslie, the Labour candidate. He then retired from politics to his Yorkshire...
Oxfordshire, and the boy looking into the window is ChrisLeslie's son, Sam. All tracks credited to ChrisLeslie and Nigel Stonier unless otherwise noted "The...
undermining the leader's view. McFadden was defended by Ian Austin and ChrisLeslie. Jonathan Reynolds and Stephen Doughty expressed support for McFadden...
post-graduate achievement. In February 2011, the Labour Member of Parliament ChrisLeslie sponsored a private member's bill in Parliament, the master's degrees...
(Conception album), 1997 Flow (Foetus album), 2001 The Flow, a 1997 album by ChrisLeslie Flow, a 2023 album by Slowly Rolling Camera "Flow", a song by Cage the...
that Nimble Leap, produced by Fylde Guitars, alongside Graham Coxon and ChrisLeslie. He performs regularly with Gordon Giltrap MBE and The Boot Band.[citation...
Leslie William Nielsen OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he appeared...
Leslie Jean Mann (born March 26, 1972) is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films, including The Cable Guy (1996), She's the One (1996)...
August 2018, The Guardian reported that "Umunna and fellow Labour MP ChrisLeslie are widely believed to be laying the groundwork for the creation of a...
2018. "The Office's Leslie David Baker Teases New Stanley Hudson Project". Harnick, Chris (July 2, 2020). "The Office's Leslie David Baker Has a Kickstarter...
protagonist Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) begin secretly dating anyway, which Chris eventually accepts. The idea of Chris as a State...
Prince and Princess of Wales". RegalFille. Retrieved 23 January 2023. ChrisLeslie, Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (4 April...