Jacob Collier (politician)

Jacob Collier (born 20 May 1997) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Burton and Uttoxeter since 2024.

Early life
Jacob Collier was born in Burton-upon-Trent in 1997 and grew up in Stretton. He attended William Shrewsbury Primary School and de Ferrers Academy. He read History and Politics at the University of Nottingham and specialised in post-Second World War British politics. Collier was elected as Community Officer for the University of Nottingham Students' Union. He became chair of Nottingham Labour Students before graduating in 2018.

Before politics Collier worked in communications for Thera, a company working with people with learning disabilities and from 2021 was a communications officer at the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, where he was also a union representative for Unison. Collier voted leave in the 2016 Brexit referendum but has said he since regrets doing so.