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Daniel Zeichner was born on 9 November, 1956 in Beckenham, Greater London, England, is a British politician. Discover Daniel Zeichner's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 9 November 1956
Birthday 9 November
Birthplace Beckenham, Greater London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1938

His father was an Austrian political refugee whose family fled Vienna in 1938: His mother was the descendant of agricultural workers from Cambridgeshire.

As a teenager, Zeichner was a middle-distance runner.

He attended Trinity School of John Whitgift, a former grammar school, turned private school.

1956

Daniel Stephen Zeichner (born 9 November 1956) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge since 2015.

Daniel Zeichner was born in Beckenham in 1956.

1976

In 1976, Zeichner enrolled at the University of Cambridge to read history at King's College.

1979

He joined the Labour Party in 1979.

Zeichner's first job after graduation was as a trainee computer programmer, working for Cambridgeshire County Council at the register office next to Shire Hall on Castle Hill, Cambridge.

He later worked in IT for a number of companies, including Norwich Union in Norfolk, Philips in East Chesterton and Perkins Engines in Peterborough.

1981

He supported Tony Benn in the 1981 deputy leadership election.

1992

In 1992 Zeichner was hired by Norwich South MP John Garrett, working as press officer and parliamentary assistant for Garrett between 1992 and 1997.

1995

He was elected as a councillor in Burston, Norfolk, in 1995, a position in which he served until 2003.

During this time Zeichner became leader of the Labour group on South Norfolk District Council.

Zeichner stood unsuccessfully for Parliament four times.

1997

He contested Mid Norfolk in 1997, losing by fewer than 1,400 votes.

1999

He subsequently worked for Garrett's successor, Charles Clarke, until 1999.

2001

He stood again in 2001 and 2005, being defeated by larger margins.

2002

In 2002 Zeichner began working for the public sector trade union UNISON as a political officer, a post he held until he was elected as MP for Cambridge in 2015.

Zeichner has served several terms on Labour's National Policy Forum, the Labour Party's top policy-making body.

He was first elected to represent the East of England on the body shortly after it was first established by Tony Blair as part of the "Partnership in Power" process.

2006

In 2006 he was selected as the official Labour candidate for the Cambridge constituency, which had been lost to the Liberal Democrats at the previous year's election.

2010

At the 2010 general election, Zeichner finished in third place, polling 24% of the vote.

He contested the Cambridge seat five years later, and increased his vote by more than 11 percentage points, defeating the sitting Lib Dem MP Julian Huppert by 599 votes.

In the 2010 Labour leadership election Zeichner supported Ed Miliband.

2015

Zeichner was appointed as a Shadow Transport Minister (with responsibility for buses, bikes and walking) on 18 September 2015.

In the 2015 Labour leadership election he supported Yvette Cooper.

2016

Zeichner supported Owen Smith in the September 2016 Labour Party leadership election, and in the 2020 leadership election he supported Keir Starmer.

Zeichner opposes renewal of Trident.

2017

A member of the Labour Party, he defeated Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert before retaining his seat in the 2017 and 2019 general elections.

Prior to his parliamentary career, Zeichner was a councillor for eight years.

At the snap 2017 general election Zeichner retained his seat with a greatly increased majority, again over Julian Huppert, of 12,661 votes.

In June 2017 Zeichner resigned as a Shadow Transport Minister in order to vote in favour of an amendment to the government's 2017 Queen's Speech supporting the UK's membership of the single market, in defiance of the party whip.

The amendment, which was defeated by 322 votes to 101, was tabled by former Shadow Cabinet Minister Chuka Umunna.

2019

He contested again in Cambridge in the 2019 general election, and retained his seat, with a majority of 9,639 over runner-up Lib-Dem candidate Rod Cantrill.

He took on the renamed brief from former Stroud MP David Drew, previously Shadow Farming and Rural Affairs Minister, who lost his seat in the 2019 General Election.

Zeichner remained in the Shadow DEFRA team following Keir Starmer's first reshuffle as Labour leader, but gained the fisheries brief from Ruth Jones MP, as Shadow Food, Farming and Fisheries Minister.

2020

In January 2020, Zeichner was appointed as a Shadow Farming and Agriculture Minister in the Shadow Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) team.

In June 2020, Parliament's Standards and Privileges Committee censured Zeichner for misusing public funds relating to stationery and pre-paid House of Commons envelopes during the 2019 general election campaign.

On 30 August 2021, Keir Starmer announced that Zeichner would become acting Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in place of Luke Pollard until the 2021 Labour Party Conference to allow Pollard to spend more time with his community after the Plymouth shooting.

Zeichner describes his politics as "socialist in a modern context".