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David Burton-Sampson
British politician (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Edmund Burton-Sampson (born November 1977) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend West and Leigh since the 2024 general election.[1]
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Early life
Burton-Sampson was born in November 1977 in Crosby, Merseyside.[2][3] He was raised by a single mother.[4] Burton-Sampson attended Holy Family Catholic High School in Thornton from 1989 to 1996 before graduating with a BA in performing arts from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 1999.[5] After graduating, he moved to London to pursue a career in the performing arts but ultimately began a career in management, eventually working for Metro Bank.[6] Burton-Sampson has lived in Essex since 1999.[4]
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Political career
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Burton-Sampson was elected as a Labour Party councillor for St Martin's in the 2016 Basildon Borough Council election.[7] He eventually became the deputy leader of the Labour group on the council.[8] In May 2017, he was appointed deputy mayor of Basildon to serve a one-year term under mayor David Harrison of the Wickford Independents. In May 2019, he was appointed mayor of Basildon on a one-year term, however, his term was extended by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2021 council election, Burton-Sampson lost his seat to Conservative candidate Davida Ademuyiwa.[9]
In May 2024, Burton-Sampson was selected as the Labour candidate for Southend West and Leigh in the 2024 general election.[10][11] He won the seat with a majority of 1,949 votes, unseating the Conservative incumbent Anna Firth who had won the seat in an uncontested by-election following the October 2021 murder of then-MP Sir David Amess.[1][12] In Parliament, Burton-Sampson chairs the all-party parliamentary group on open banking and payments, and co-chairs the APPG on fair banking. He also serves as the vice chair for the APPGs on micromobility and Ukraine as well as an officer for the APPGs on Parkinson's and male suicide.[13]
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Personal life
He is gay and has been in a civil partnership with his partner Mark since 10 June 2011.[8][14][15] Burton-Sampson refers to Mark as his husband.[4] He is the chair of Basildon Pride.[16] Burton-Sampson is a Christian.[17]
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Basildon Borough Council
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