Nick Smith

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Born	Nicholas Desmond John Smith; 14 January 1960
Alma mater	Birkbeck College
Spouse	Jenny Chapman
	Member of the Arlington Road Gang which plotted to install Keir Starmer as Labour leader

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Nick Smith is a Labour Party politician who was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney in 2010.^[1] He was previously a local councillor in the London Borough of Camden from 1998 to 2006.

As members of the Arlington Group,^[2] Smith and his wife Jenny Chapman were early supporters of Keir Starmer in his Labour leadership bid in 2020.^[3]

References

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[1] "ELECTION: Blaenau Gwent returns to Labour fold"

[2] "Starmer set up own Labour leadership team six months before Corbyn’s 2019 defeat"

[3] "Great membership turnout at the Blaenau Gwent CLP meeting for Keir Starmer's nomination"

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