Jamieson Ronald "Jamie" Reed (born 4 August 1973) is a British

British people

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 Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament

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 for Copeland

Copeland (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Cumbria

Cumbria

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 since 2005

United Kingdom general election, 2005

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, replacing Copeland's long-serving former MP Jack Cunningham

Jack Cunningham

John "Jack" Anderson Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, PC, DL is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Copeland from 1983 to 2005, and previously served in the Cabinet.-Early life:...

.
Reed was born in Whitehaven

Whitehaven

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. He attended Whitehaven School

Whitehaven School

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 and Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University

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. Before election as an MP he worked as a Press Officer at Sellafield

Sellafield

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, a former nuclear power station and nuclear waste reprocessing installation, in his constituency, and had served on Copeland Borough Council.
In his maiden speech

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, he declared himself to be a Jedi

Jedi census phenomenon

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 in the debate over "Racial and Religious Hatred Bill" under consideration in Parliament.