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Luke Charters
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for York Outer
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byJulian Sturdy
Majority9,391
Personal details
Born1995 (age 29–30)
Political partyLabour
EducationHuntington School, York
Alma mater
Websitelukecharters.co.uk

Luke Jonathan Charters[1] (born 1995[2]) is a British Labour Party politician elected as Member of Parliament for York Outer in the general election held on 4 July 2024.[3]

Early life and career

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Early life and education

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Charters was educated at Huntington School, York before graduating from Oxford University with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He later obtained a master's degree in political science at the University of Chicago.[4][5]

Career

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Charters was a company director of Charters-Reid Surveyors Ltd between October 2014 and October 2017.[6] In July 2020, Charters was appointed a company director of Roots Local Ltd, which operated as a cocktail bar.[7][8] He resigned as a director in July 2022, with a notice of cessation as a person of significant control filed at Companies House in December 2022.[9] The accounts for the period up to 31 December 2022 have not been filed with Companies House, and remain overdue.[10] The company was placed in voluntary liquidation in 2023.[11]

Before his political career, Charters worked at the Bank of England and at the Financial Conduct Authority with a focus on fraud.[12] Charters subsequently worked in the fintech industry as a senior manager at the global payroll company, Remote.[13]

Parliamentary career

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Charters previously stood for election for York Outer (as Luke Charters-Reid) in the 2017 general election when he was 21, coming second to the Conservative Party candidate, Julian Sturdy.[14][15] Charters was elected as a councillor for the Wall End ward in the London Borough of Newham in 2022 prior to standing in York Outer.[16]

Charters appointed Owen Trotter, a Labour donor, to run his parliamentary office.[17][18][19]

In November 2024, Charters voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[20]

Charters has campaigned for the creation of a national anti-fraud centre.[21] Charters was elected as the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Food Security.[22]

Personal life

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He has a wife and a son.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Luke Jonathan CHARTERS personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. ^ "York Outer | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ Glenton, Kevin (25 May 2024). "Luke Charters launches York Outer general election campaign". York Press. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b Lewis, Haydn (6 July 2024). "York Outer Labour MP Luke Charters sets out agenda". York Press. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Companies House". Companies House.
  7. ^ "A new community cocktail bar plants its Roots in East Village". 30 March 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Companies House". Companies House.
  9. ^ "Companies House". Companies House.
  10. ^ "Companies House". Companies House.
  11. ^ Companies House https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/. Retrieved 19 February 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Meet Luke Charters – the fraud expert who is York Outer's new MP". Yorkshire Post. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  13. ^ "House of Commons – The Register of Members' Financial Interests (4 August 2024: Charters, Mr Luke )". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  14. ^ Prest, Victoria (3 May 2017). "Labour names 21-year-old Luke Charters-Reid as York Outer candidate". York Press. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  15. ^ Prest, Victoria; Ross, Alex (9 June 2017). "GENERAL ELECTION 2017: Conservatives hold York Outer with reduced majority – Julian Sturdy backs Theresa May to continue as PM". York Press. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  16. ^ Latif, Sheeza. "Local Elections 2022". Newham Council. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  17. ^ "York MP Luke Charters defends giving job to Labour donor". YorkPress. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  18. ^ "York MP defends appointment of donor who gave £55K to the Labour Party". YorkMix. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Register of Interests – House of Commons". Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  20. ^ "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading". Votes in Parliament. 29 November 2024.
  21. ^ "York MP calls for measures to tackle fraud as constituent loses £10,000". York Press. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  22. ^ "York's newest MP elected chair of parliamentary group". York Press. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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