Callum Bradley Anderson (born 1991 or 1992) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham and Bletchley since 2024.

Early life and career

Anderson was born in

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to a black father and white mother. He was raised by his mother, a shopworker, in a council house. In 2013, Anderson received a

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in Economics with German from the

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. He has worked as a policy adviser to the

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and

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, having previously worked for several

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. Before being elected as an MP, Anderson worked at

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plc.

Political career

Anderson joined the Labour Party at 18 years old. He has been a member of Labour's

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, supported by Labour to Win, and the BAME Labour Network executive. Anderson stood as a Labour candidate at the 2019 general election, finishing second-place in his former home constituency of South West Bedfordshire. He expressed support for a second EU referendum during the election campaign. He unsuccessfully applied to be a Londonwide candidate for the

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, and the Parliamentary candidate for

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in 2022. Anderson was elected as a Member of

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for South Acton in

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. In Ealing, he has been a school governor and one of the Council's Race Equality Commissioners. At the 2024 general election, Anderson was elected as the first MP for the new Buckingham and Bletchley constituency. He defeated

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Iain Stewart, who had served as MP for one of its predecessor constituencies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Callum Living people Alumni of the University of Birmingham Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Year of birth missing (living people) Councillors in the London Borough of Ealing Labour Party (UK) councillors Black British MPs People from Dunstable