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Judith Mary Cummins (née Black) (born 26 June 1967) is a British Labour Party politician. She has been
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(MP) for Bradford South since May 2015.


Personal life

Cummins was born on 26 June 1967 and was educated at
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and the
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, attending college as a mature student on a Trade Union scholarship. She has two children.


Political career

Cummins was first elected as a local councillor on Bradford Council in
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, representing the Royds ward. She served a full three-year term before not standing again at the 2007 election. Cummins was later elected as a
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lor to represent Temple Newsam ward for a full four-year term from
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. In advance of the 2015 general election, Cummins contested for selection as the prospective parliamentary candidate in the two constituencies she had been previously elected as a local ward councillor. Despite being an incumbent councillor representing Temple Newsam ward in the constituency, Cummins lost the selection for
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. She was later selected by Bradford South
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to stand for the seat to replace Gerry Sutcliffe.


Member of Parliament

Cummins was elected to the
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to represent Bradford South on 7 May 2015, increasing the Labour candidate's majority in the constituency from 4,622 to 6,450 votes. She supported
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in the failed attempt to replace
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in the 2016 Labour leadership election. Cummins increased her majority 250 votes to 6,700 at the 2017 general election before it fell to her current seat majority of 2,346 when re-elected in
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. On 19 July 2021, she was appointed Acting Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in place of Dame Rosie Winterton who was self-isolating due to
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, and she held the position till the summer recess.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cummins, Judith 1967 births Living people Alumni of the University of Leeds Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politicians from Bradford UK MPs 2015–2017 UK MPs 2017–2019 UK MPs 2019–present Councillors in Leeds 21st-century British women politicians 21st-century English women 21st-century English people Women councillors in England