Rebecca Gittins (born 1994) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Clwyd East since

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. She gained the seat by beating incumbent

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MP, James Davies.

Career

After coming to

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to study at the

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in 2013, she remained in the city, eventually being elected as a councillor for Earlsdon ward in

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for the Labour Party, serving from 5 May 2019 to 18 September 2023. During this time she served on Scrutiny Boards, the Licensing and Regulatory Committee, and was the Deputy Cabinet Member for Children and Young People. She resigned her position in September 2023 in order to run as the prospective Labour Party parliamentary candidate for Clwyd East, the area in North Wales she was born and brought up in, triggering a by-election. The BBC described her as a "former accountant and civil servant". North Wales Live said Gittins "trained as an accountant and worked in finance and has also served as a councillor. Her job before election was as a trade union negotiator." Gittins serves as the (unpaid) Parliamentary Private Secretary to the

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. In November 2024, Gittins voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gittins, Becky Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Warwick Coventry City Councillors Labour Party (UK) councillors Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Welsh constituencies Living people UK MPs 2024–present Welsh Labour MPs Women councillors in England