Office: | Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Predecessor: | Jane Stevenson |
Party: | Labour |
Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Majority: | 5,422 (16.3%) |
Spouse: | Greg Brackenridge |
Children: | 2 |
Birth Place: | Wednesfield, West Midlands, England |
Office1: | Mayoress of Wolverhampton |
Term1: | 19 May 2021 – 18 May 2022 |
Termlabel1: | In role |
1Blankname1: | Mayor |
1Namedata1: | Greg Brackenridge |
Predecessor1: | Paul Darke |
Successor1: | Karl Samuels |
Sureena Brackenridge (born 1974 or 1975)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton North East since 2024.[2] [3]
Sureena Brackenridge was born and raised on the Ashmore Park Council estate in Wednesfield. Her parents had previously migrated from Fiji to there as young adults.[4]
Brackenridge worked in local secondary schools as a science teacher, before she became deputy head teacher at Moseley Park school.[5]
Brackenridge was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Wolverhampton North East in November 2022.[6] She was elected as the MP for Wolverhampton North East in the 2024 general election with a majority of 5,422 votes.[7] She made her maiden speech on 25 July.
Sureena Brackenridge is married to Greg Brackenridge, who served as the 162nd Mayor of Wolverhampton from 2021 to 2022; Sureena was the Mayoress of Wolverhampton during his tenure.[8] They have 2 children together.[9]