Pamela Cox | |
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Member of Parliament for Colchester | |
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Will Quince |
Majority | 8,250 (18.4%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Pamela Cox is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester since 2024.
She is also an English professor of social history and criminology at the University of Essex and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2017. She presented the BBC documentary series, Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter and Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs. She contributed to historical and cultural programs for Channel 4 and Channel 5 including Edwardian Britain in Colour. [1]
She has been a New Town and Christ Church councillor since May 2021 and on 5 November 2022, she competed in a bid against Lee Scordis and Chris Vince and became the Labour Party prospective parliamentary candidate in the 2024 general election for Colchester. [2] [3] [4]
Pamela Cox was brought up in Southend, born with two sisters. Her mother was a midwife before becoming a nurse. Her father left school at the age of 15 and was apprenticed as a joiner before joining the church and becoming a minister. Both her sisters became nurses in south Essex. [5] In 1994, she joined the Labour Party. [6] Following her election at the 2024 general election, Cox became the first female member of parliament for the Colchester constituency. [7]
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Pamela Cox | |
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Member of Parliament for Colchester | |
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Will Quince |
Majority | 8,250 (18.4%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Pamela Cox is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester since 2024.
She is also an English professor of social history and criminology at the University of Essex and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2017. She presented the BBC documentary series, Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter and Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs. She contributed to historical and cultural programs for Channel 4 and Channel 5 including Edwardian Britain in Colour. [1]
She has been a New Town and Christ Church councillor since May 2021 and on 5 November 2022, she competed in a bid against Lee Scordis and Chris Vince and became the Labour Party prospective parliamentary candidate in the 2024 general election for Colchester. [2] [3] [4]
Pamela Cox was brought up in Southend, born with two sisters. Her mother was a midwife before becoming a nurse. Her father left school at the age of 15 and was apprenticed as a joiner before joining the church and becoming a minister. Both her sisters became nurses in south Essex. [5] In 1994, she joined the Labour Party. [6] Following her election at the 2024 general election, Cox became the first female member of parliament for the Colchester constituency. [7]
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