Jacob Young (politician)

Jacob Young (born 2 February 1993) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar in the 2019 general election. He is the first Conservative MP to represent the constituency.

Jacob Young

MP
Member of Parliament
for Redcar
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byAnna Turley
Majority3,527 (8.7%)
Personal details
Born (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993[1]
Middlesbrough, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Alma materTeesside University

Early life and career

Young was born and grew up in a working-class family in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.[2][3] He has six siblings.[2] He attended Macmillan Academy.[4] Young then studied at the Redcar & Cleveland College and the TTE Technical Institute.[3] After this, he obtained a Higher National Certificate in chemical engineering at Teesside University.[2][5] While at university, he joined the Conservative Party.[6]

He then trained as an apprentice technician and worked as a process operator for Chemoxy International Ltd.[6] Young later became a lead technician for a petrochemicals company.[4]

Political career

Young stood as the Conservative candidate in the Redcar constituency in the 2015 general election. He finished in fourth place behind the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and the UKIP candidates.[7] He campaigned for Brexit prior to the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.[4] In the 2017 general election, he contested the Middlesbrough seat and finished second to the Labour candidate. In the same year, he was elected as the councillor for Coulby Newham ward on Middlesbrough Council. Young was the first Conservative councillor since the formation of the council as a unitary authority in 1996.[8] In February 2019, he announced that he would be standing down from his council seat as he no longer lived in the town, and had moved to Saltburn-by-the-Sea.[9] In May, he stood as a candidate for one of the three council seats for Saltburn ward on the Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. He finished a close fourth.[10]

He was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Redcar seat in the 2019 general election on 11 November.[11] Young went on to be elected with a majority of 3,527 (8.7%) on a swing of 15.4% from Labour to the Conservatives. He is the first Conservative MP to represent the constituency.[2][12]

Personal life

Young is gay and is engaged to his partner, Jack.[2]

References
  1. "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "Meet Boris's Babies — they're young, fun and working class". The Sunday Times. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.(subscription required)
  3. Parsons, Rob (23 December 2019). "New Tory MP for Redcar, Jacob Young, to work in old factory job on Christmas Day because he 'couldn't drop the lads in it'". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. McNeal, Ian (13 December 2019). "Who is Jacob Young? The Brexit-loving chemical worker who beat Labour in their backyard". Teesside Live. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. Young, Jacob (26 November 2014). "'I'm proud of Middlesbrough and excited for the future of our great town'". Teesside Live. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. Eaves, Krysta (6 April 2013). "Teesside chemical industry apprentice tackles PM over apprenticeships funding". Teesside Live. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  7. "Redcar – 2015 Election Results". parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. Johnson, Ian (14 April 2017). "Labour loses Middlesbrough Council seat to Tories as MP tweets: 'It is time for Corbyn to go'". Teesside Live. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  9. Cain, James (12 February 2019). "The reason why Tory councillor who secured historic poll win is standing down after just two years". Teesside Live. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  10. "Redcar and Cleveland Council election results 2019 in full as Labour loses seats". Teesside Live. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  11. Scott, Jim (11 November 2019). "Conservative name Jacob Young as Redcar candidate". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  12. "Redcar". BBC News. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Anna Turley		 Member of Parliament for Redcar
2019–present		 Incumbent
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