Stephanie Peacock | |||||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Stuart Andrew (Sport and Civil Society) Julia Lopez (Media) | ||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament forBarnsley South Barnsley East (2017–2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Michael Dugher | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 4,748 (13.5%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1986 (age 38–39) Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London (BA) University College London (MA) | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||
Stephanie Louise Peacock (born 1986) is a BritishLabour Party politician who has beenMember of Parliament (MP) forBarnsley South, previouslyBarnsley East, since2017. She has served asParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth since July 2024.[1]
Stephanie Peacock was born in 1986 inBirmingham.[2][3] She obtained a degree in history fromQueen Mary University of London, and a master's degree from theInstitute of Education,University College London.[4]
After graduating Peacock worked as a teacher, before going on to work on adult education inYorkshire for the shop workers' unionUSDAW.[5]
Between 2007 and 2011, she served as the Youth Representative on theLabour Party National Executive Committee.[4] In 2007 she introducedGordon Brown at the launch of his unopposed campaign to becomeLabour Leader.[6][7]
Between 2013 and 2017, she worked as a Political Officer for theGMB trade union.[8][9]
At the2015 general election, Peacock stood as theLabour Party candidate inHalesowen and Rowley Regis, coming second with 36.2% of the vote behind the incumbentConservative MPJames Morris.[10]
Peacock was elected to Parliament as MP forBarnsley East at the snap2017 general election with 59.5% of the vote and a majority of 13,283.[11]
From January 2018 until March 2019 she served as anOpposition Whip.[12] She resigned on 14 March 2019 after defying the whip to vote against an amendment calling for a second Brexit referendum.[13]
In November 2018, Peacock, alongside fellow Women's Parliamentary Football teammates,Alison McGovern,Tracey Crouch,Louise Haigh andHannah Bardell, was rebuked by the thenSpeaker of the House of Commons,John Bercow, for having a 'kickabout' in the House of Commons chamber after Parliamentary business.[14][15]
At the2019 general election, Peacock was re-elected as MP for Barnsley East with a decreased vote share of 37.6% and a decreased majority of 3,217.[16]
In January 2020 Peacock joined Labour's ShadowCabinet Office team as theShadow Minister responsible for the Veterans' Office andProcurement.[17] Following the election ofKeir Starmer as theLeader of the Labour Party (UK), she was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Fisheries, Water and Flooding as part of Labour's ShadowDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs team.[18]
Peacock endorsedLisa Nandy in the2020 Labour Party leadership election.[19]
In February 2020, Peacock campaigned to change the maximum sentences forcausing death by dangerous driving from fourteen years to life, as well as reforming the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to get more money for retired miners.[20]
On 14 May 2021, Peacock was appointed as theShadow Minister for Veterans following a reshuffle.[21]
Due to the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Peacock's constituency of Barnsley East was abolished, and replaced withBarnsley South. At the2024 general election, Peacock was elected to Parliament as MP for Barnsley South with 46.7% of the vote and a majority of 4,748.[22][23]
In 2013 it was reported that Peacock was in a relationship withTom Watson, thenDeputy Chair of the National Executive Committee.[24]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBarnsley East 2017–2024 | Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament forBarnsley South 2024–present | Incumbent |
