Steve Race (politician)

Steve Race is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Exeter since 2024.

Race was born in Hull in 1983, and had a younger sister who was born with Hurler Syndrome, an incurable genetic condition. He attended Manchester University.

Between 2007 and 2011 he worked as a Senior Parliamentary Researcher for Exeter's Member of Parliament, Ben Bradshaw. Subsequently he was an Associate Director with FleishmanHillard and served as a councillor on Hackney Council, representing Hoxton East and Shoreditch from 2018 until 2024.

He contested East Devon in the 2015 general election. In July 2022 members of Exeter Labour Party selected him from a shortlist of four to be their parliamentary candidate, following Ben Bradshaw's decision to retire after 25 years of representing Exeter at the next General Election.

He is listed as an LGBTQ+ Member of Parliament in 2024 by PinkNews.