Siôn Simon
Siôn Llewelyn Simon (born 23 December 1968) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington from 2001 to 2010 and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2014 to 2019.
Siôn Simon | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament for West Midlands | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Cashman |
| Succeeded by | Ellie Chowns |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Creative Industries | |
| In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Barbara Follett (as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Creative Industries) |
| Succeeded by | Ed Vaizey (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries) |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Further Education | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | David Lammy |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Brennan (as Minister of State) |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Robin Corbett |
| Succeeded by | Jack Dromey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Siôn Llewelyn Simon 23 December 1968 Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Website | www |
Simon was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Further Education from 2008 to 2009 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Creative Industries from 2009 to 2010. He stood down at the 2010 general election to campaign for a directly elected mayor of Birmingham, with the intent of running in the first election. In 2014 Simon was elected a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands. In 2016 he was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Mayor of the West Midlands but was defeated in the 2017 election by 50.4% to 49.6% of the vote in the final round. In 2019, he lost his seat at the European Parliament election.