UMUNNA, Chuka

Member for Streatham since 2010. Committees: Member, Treasury Select Committee since 2010. Political career: Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills since 2011; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ed Miliband as Leader of the Opposition 2010-11; Member, BAME Labour since 2006; Member, Labour Party since 1997; Vice-Chair, Streatham Labour Party 2004-08. Special political interests: Economy, employment, equality, education, home affairs and justice, climate change, community and youth engagement. Profession/trade: Solicitor. Education: University of Manchester and University of Burgundy, followed by Nottingham Law School. Affiliations: board member of Generation Next, a not for profit social enterprise; former trustee of the Anthony Bourne Foundation and the 409 Project - both youth charities; has also served as a school governor of Sunnyhill Primary School and Childrens Centre in Streatham; management board of Compass, the centre left pressure group; member of the Fabian Society, GMB and Unite; patron of Latimer Creative Media, a social enterprise which trains young people in digital media; supporter of Cassandra Learning Centre, a domestic violence charity. b: 1978.