John Leech (politician)

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John Sampson Macfarlane Leech (born 11 April 1971) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington from 2005 to 2015. Since 2016, he has represented Didsbury West on Manchester City Council. He is best known for Alan Turing's pardon, and the Turing Law which granted a posthumous pardon to more than 49,000 men convicted of gross indecency. He was also the first MP to speak out against the bedroom tax in Parliament. rdf:langString
John Leech (ur. 1 kwietnia 1971), polityk brytyjski, deputowany do Izby Gmin z ramienia partii Liberalnych Demokratów. Jest synem duchownego metodystycznego. Studiował historię i nauki polityczne na Brumel University w Londynie, pracował m.in. w instytucjach ubezpieczeniowych i sieci barów McDonald’s. W czasie studiów wstąpił do Liberalnych Demokratów; był wybierany do władz samorządowych w Manchesterze, pełnił m.in. funkcję wiceprzewodniczącego opozycji w Radzie Miejskiej Manchesteru. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString John Sampson Macfarlane Leech (born 11 April 1971) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington from 2005 to 2015. Since 2016, he has represented Didsbury West on Manchester City Council. He is best known for Alan Turing's pardon, and the Turing Law which granted a posthumous pardon to more than 49,000 men convicted of gross indecency. He was also the first MP to speak out against the bedroom tax in Parliament. Leech served on the city council from 1998 and was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election. In the 2005–2010 Parliament he was a member of the Transport Select Committee and a Shadow Transport Spokesperson on the Liberal Democrat frontbench team from 2006 to 2010, when the Liberal Democrats entered a coalition with the Conservatives. He held his seat with an increased majority in 2010. He has campaigned in particular on gay rights, affordable housing and refugees. He played a role in the campaign to outlaw homophobic chanting at football matches, and put pressure on leaders in Greater Manchester to take on Syrian child refugees. He lost his Parliamentary seat at the 2015 general election, but was elected to Manchester City Council a year later as the sole opposition member. He was Leader of the Opposition on the Council from 2018 to 2021, and for two months in 2022.
rdf:langString John Leech (ur. 1 kwietnia 1971), polityk brytyjski, deputowany do Izby Gmin z ramienia partii Liberalnych Demokratów. Jest synem duchownego metodystycznego. Studiował historię i nauki polityczne na Brumel University w Londynie, pracował m.in. w instytucjach ubezpieczeniowych i sieci barów McDonald’s. W czasie studiów wstąpił do Liberalnych Demokratów; był wybierany do władz samorządowych w Manchesterze, pełnił m.in. funkcję wiceprzewodniczącego opozycji w Radzie Miejskiej Manchesteru. W maju 2005 został wybrany do Izby Gmin; zdobył mandat w okręgu wyborczym Manchester Withington, pokonując wieloletniego deputowanego z Partii Pracy, . Jest pierwszym reprezentantem partii liberalnej i liberalno-demokratycznej, którego wybrano w Manchesterze do parlamentu od ponad 75 lat (od 1929).
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