Daniel Mark Tomlinson is a British Labour Party politician who has been

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(MP) for

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since

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. He defeated the

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incumbent

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Education and career

Tomlinson was educated at Wood Green School in

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, Oxfordshire, and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at

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. Tomlinson worked for

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and for the

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between 2015 and 2022, and became a senior economist for the foundation. He also worked at the

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. ''

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'' listed Tomlinson as one of eight newly elected MPs who would be advocates for the cause of

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in the new Labour government.

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* Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub