Claire Hazelgrove | |
Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Filton and Bradley Stoke |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Predecessor: | Jack Lopresti |
Majority: | 10,000 (19.9%) |
Birth Name: | Claire Ruth Hazelgrove |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1988 |
Party: | Labour |
Education: | University of York |
Claire Ruth Hazelgrove (born 16 July 1988) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Filton and Bradley Stoke since 2024. She gained the seat from Jack Lopresti, a Conservative.[1]
Hazelgrove attended Campion School in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire where she earned A-Levels in history (A), law (B) and psychology (A).[2] She studied Politics at the University of York and volunteered for Sally Keeble MP.[3] [4] In 2021, she received a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Bath.[5]
In 2010, she was the prospective Labour candidate for parliamentary election for Skipton and Ripon.[6] [7] [8] At time of selection she was the second-youngest Parliamentary Candidate in party history, Emily Benn being the youngest.[9]
In November 2024, Hazelgrove voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted dying.[10]