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Tom Levitt is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the Labour Party from 1997 to 2010. He was born in Crewe, Cheshire, England, on 10 April 1954. Levitt was educated at the University of Manchester, where he studied economics and politics. He then went on to work as a research assistant for the Labour Party in the House of Commons. Levitt was first elected to Parliament in 1997, representing the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich. He held the seat until 2010, when he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate. Levitt has held a number of positions in the Labour Party, including Shadow Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Shadow Minister for Transport. He was also a member of the House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Levitt is married to his wife, Sarah, and they have two children. He is a keen supporter of Manchester United Football Club. As of 2021, Tom Levitt's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

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Age 70 years old
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Born 10 April 1954
Birthday 10 April
Birthplace Crewe, Cheshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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2019

Levitt resigned his membership of the Labour Party in April 2019, describing the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn as "incompetent, hypocritical and profoundly wrong on key issues". He subsequently declared his support for and involvement in Change UK - The Independent Group.

2018

He has also written two books on similar subjects, Welcome to Good Co and in 2018, the Company Citizen about which former Unilever CEO Paul Polman said ‘Never has the case for business to step up and help solve society’s challenges been greater. And rarely has it been better put than in this excellent account’.

2015

In 2015 he helped found the anti-poverty social enterprise, Fair for You and has held various other charity trusteeships and non-executive roles in social enterprises.

2010

In 2010 Levitt set up Sector4Focus, a consultancy which promotes relationships between the private, public and charitable sectors.

2009

Levitt is known to be in favour of the Longdendale Bypass, which would run through the north of his former constituency. In November 2009, Levitt told the Labour Party that he would not be a candidate at the 2010 general election.

During the furore over MPs' expenses in 2009, it was revealed Levitt had submitted a £16.50 claim in 2006 for a memorial wreath. He said the claim had been submitted by accident by a member of staff and that the claim had been rejected.

2007

In 2007, it had been revealed that Levitt had, of all MPs, claimed the eighth highest total expenses—£168,660 in 2006–2007, an increase of £29,103 on the previous year. Despite the adverse reaction in the local press, in following years Levitt's expenses remained at the same level, with £164,620 claimed in 2007–2008, and £168,318 claimed in 2008–2009.

1999

Following his election he held several junior positions. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Barbara Roche MP (1999–2003), first in the Home Office and then in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Following this he was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for International Development, from 2003–2007. He was a member of the Work and Pensions Committee from 2007 and assistant to the Regional Minister for the East Midlands.

1997

From 1997 to 2003, Levitt was on the Standards & Privileges Committee, responsible for monitoring standards of MPs' professional conduct. In 2004 he sat on the Scrutiny Committee for the Draft Disability Bill.

1993

As a consultant on disabled access to services and information (1993–97), Levitt wrote three books: Sound Policies, Sound Practice and Clear Access. These deal with the way local authorities provide services for people with hearing and visual impairments. Levitt also worked as a successful Deaf Awareness trainer.

1991

Levitt lived in Buxton from 1991 to 2011 and now lives in west London. He is the author of two plays Making Allowances (2010) and PowerPlay (2018).

1987

After unsuccessfully contesting Stroud in the 1987 general election and High Peak in 1992, Levitt was first elected to the House of Commons for the latter seat at the 1997 general election. He had 14 years service at all levels of local government, including Derbyshire County Council, where he was for a year a vice chair of Education. He was also a member of the management committee of High Peak Citizens Advice Bureau. As one of the few MPs with a qualification in British Sign Language, Levitt was an elected Trustee of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) from 1998 to 2003. Levitt was the first MP to use BSL in the House of Commons. He chaired the Community Development Foundation from 2004 to 2010.

1954

Tom Levitt (born 10 April 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak from the 1997 to 2010 general elections.

Born in Crewe in 1954, Levitt was raised in Leek, Staffordshire. He was one of the first male intake when a girls' grammar school, Westwood High, became a comprehensive. He is a biology graduate of Lancaster University and has a teaching qualification from Oxford University.