Stephen Nathan Kinnock

About

Politician who became a British Parliament Member, representing Aberavon, in 2015, and Shadow Minister for Immigration in 2022. He is a member of the Labour Party and has spearheaded campaigns demanding justice for the victims of the 2021 Skewen mine shaft flood, calling for government support of the steel industry, and advocating for Britain's prioritization of floating off-shore wind as a clean and domestic energy source. He has also served in government positions including Parliamentary Private Secretary of the Shadow Business, Innovation and Skills team, Shadow Asia and Pacific Minister, and Shadow Armed Forces Minister.

Before Fame

He graduated from Queens' College Cambridge with a bachelor of arts degree before going on to earn a master of arts degree from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium in the year 1993. He began his career working as a research assistant for the Brussels European Parliament. He later acted as an executive in Development and Training Services for the British Council before becoming the director of the World Economic Forum in the year 2009. 

Trivia

He was featured in the 2017 BBC2 documentary Labour: The Summer that Changed Everything. The documentary closely followed several Labour Party Members of the British Parliament for over 6 months throughout and after the 2017 UK general election. He was one of four MPs in the documentary who particularly disapproved of the Labour Party leader at the time, Jeremy Corbyn. A clip from the documentary in which he received critical advice from his wife following the election exit poll went viral after the documentary's release, with many viewers sharing their praise of her quick judgment under pivotal circumstances. 

Family Life

He is the son of Glenys Kinnock, a former European Minister of State, and Neil Kinnock, former British Parliament Member and President of the European Commission. He has a sister named Rachel. He married former Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, after they met while attending the College of Europe. They are the parents of 2 children - freelance journalist and podcaster Johanna, and Milo, who came out as non-binary and began using the pronouns he/him in 2022.   

Associated With

In 2020, he was appointed to the position of Shadow Asia and Pacific Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. In 2022, he took over the position of Shadow Immigration Minister in the Home Office after the role's former incumbent, Jack Dromey, passed away suddenly.