| term_start = 7 October 2011| term_end = 13 September 2015John Denham (politician)>John Denham| successor = Angela EagleParliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)>Leader of the Opposition| leader1 = Ed Miliband| alongside1 = Anne McGuire| term_start1 = 10 October 2010| term_end1 = 23 May 2011| predecessor1 = Desmond Swayne| successor1 = Michael DugherMember of Parliament (UK)>Member of Parliamentfor Streatham| term_start2 = 6 May 2010| term_end2 = 6 November 2019Keith Hill (politician)>Keith Hill| successor2 = Bell Ribeiro-Addy| title3 = Change UK portfolios| suboffice3 = Group Spokesperson| subterm3 = 2019| suboffice4 = Cabinet Office| subterm4 = 2019| title5 = Liberal Democrat portfoliosDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy>Business and Industrial Strategy| subterm5 = 2019Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson>HM Treasury| subterm6 = 2019Department for International Development>International Development| subterm7 = 2019Department for International Trade>International Trade| subterm8 = 2019Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office>Foreign and Commonwealth Office| subterm9 = 2019| birth_name = Chuka Harrison Umunnadf=yes10|17}}| birth_place = Lambeth, London, England| death_date = | death_place = Liberal Democrats (UK)>Liberal Democrats (since 2019; before 1997)Independent politician (2019)>Change UK (2019)Labour Party (UK)>Labour (1997â€“2019)}}Alice Sullivan|2016}}| children = 2University of ManchesterNottingham Law School>Nottingham Trent University}}chuka.org.uk}}Helenus Milmo>Sir Helenus Milmo (grandfather)}}Chuka Harrison Umunna {{IPAc-en||audio=Ig-Chuka Umunna.ogg}} ({{IPAc-en|'|tÊƒ|ÊŠ|k|É™|_|É™|'|m|uË|n|É™}}; born 17 October 1978) is a British businessman and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham from 2010 until 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he was part of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He left Labour in February 2019, when he resigned to form The Independent Group, later Change UK, along with six other MPs. Later in 2019, he left Change UK and, after a short time as an independent MP, joined the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 general election, he was unsuccessful in being re-elected as an MP and did not return to the House of Commons.Born in Lambeth to a Nigerian father and English-Irish mother, Umunna was educated at St Dunstan's College, a private school in Catford, Lewisham. He then studied law at the University of Manchester and Nottingham Trent University. A teenage member of the Liberal Democrats, he joined the Labour Party in 1997 when the party was styling itself as "New Labour". He worked as a solicitor in the City of London, first for Herbert Smith and then for Rochman Landau, while writing articles for the Compass think tank.Umunna was selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Streatham in 2008, and was elected MP in the 2010 general election. When in parliament, he aligned with the party's "Blue Labour" trend, which rejects neoliberal economics. He sat on the Treasury Select Committee until 2011, when he joined Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. He was re-elected in the 2015 and 2017 general elections. Following Miliband's resignation, Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader in 2015; Umunna was critical of the party leadership and resigned from the Shadow Cabinet to sit as a backbencher.A supporter of the unsuccessful 2016 referendum campaign to retain UK membership of the European Union, Ummuna campaigned for a referendum on the final deal with the EU. In February 2019, he resigned from Labour and joined The Independent Group, later Change UK. He was its group spokesperson but left in June 2019 to sit as an independent MP following "disappointing" European Parliament election results showing the party had "failed to get a single MEP elected". One week later, Umunna joined the Liberal Democrats and was appointed their Treasury and Business Spokesperson by leader Vince Cable. In August 2019, he was appointed Foreign Affairs, International Development and International Trade Spokesperson by new leader Jo Swinson. He stood for Cities of London and Westminster in the 2019 general election but lost to Nickie Aiken of the Conservatives.In 2021 he became he joined JPMorgan Chase as Managing Director of its Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) advisory group in London.

Early life and career

Umunna was born in Lambeth, London on 17 October 1978.WEB, 14 October 2019, Chuka Umunna: Why Labour's former star politician wants a City seat for the Lib Dems,weblink 28 June 2020, City A.M., WEB, Chuka Umunna,weblink 16 October 2018, politics.co.uk, His father, Bennett, of the Nigerian Igbo ethnic group and owner of an import-export business, died in a road accident in Nigeria in 1992.NEWS,weblink Friends fear Crystal Palace director was assassinated, Bloss, Andrew, 3 August 2012, Croydon Guardian, 2 October 2012, London, His mother, Patricia Milmo, a solicitor, is of English-Irish background.NEWS, Parker, George,weblink Chuka Umunna: Profile, Financial Times, 19 July 2013, 14 May 2015, NEWS, Rose Troup Buchanan,weblink Chuka Umunna: Could Shadow Business Secretary be the next Labour leader?, The Independent, London, 9 May 2015, 14 May 2015, His maternal grandparents were Joan Frances Morley, Lady Milmo and Sir Helenus Milmo QC, a High Court judge.WEB,weblink The tragic past haunting Chuka Umunna, www.telegraph.co.uk, WEB,weblink Top Labour toffs, 14 January 2015, Umunna was educated at Hitherfield Primary School in Streatham, South London, and the Christ Church Primary School in Brixton Hill. He says his parents felt that the local state school had "given up on him" and as a result had moved him to the boys' independent senior school St Dunstan's College,NEWS,weblink London Evening Standard., Who can lead Labour? Chuka Umunna can, 14 January 2011, 19 May 2014, London, in Catford in south-east London, where he played the cello.NEWS,weblink The Financial Times (FT Magazine), Chuka Umunna: Profile, 19 July 2013, 19 May 2014, London, During this period he was also a chorister at Southwark Cathedral.NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna Coy About Leadership Ambitions, Sky News, 1 October 2012, As a teenager, he was a member of the Liberal Democrats.WEB,weblink EXCL Chuka Umunna: I was a teenage member of the Liberal Democrats, Schofield, Kevin, PoliticsHome, 15 September 2019, 13 September 2019, He was awarded an upper second class Bachelor of Laws in English and French Law from the University of Manchester. After graduating, he studied for one term at the University of Burgundy in Dijon, before studying for a Master of Arts at Nottingham Trent University's law school.NEWS,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150715215108weblink">weblink dead, 15 July 2015, Nottingham Trent alumnus Chuka Umunna announces he will run for Labour leadership, Ellie, Cullen, Nottingham Post, 12 May 2015, 27 March 2017, Following university, in 2005, Umunna began work as a solicitor for the City of London firm Herbert Smith. In 2006 he joined Rochman Landau (now Ashfords LLP), specialising in employment law and advising companies on contentious, transactional and advisory matters. From 2006, he began to write and provide commentary on the Labour Party, as well as broader social and economic issues, usually in his capacity as a member of the Management Committee of the Labour-aligned Compass pressure group. He also wrote articles for the Financial Times, Tribune, The Voice, The Guardian and the New Statesman, and began to appear on various radio and television programmes as a commentator.WEB, Umunna, Chuka,weblink The duty to inspire, New Statesman, 30 August 2007, NEWS, Umunna, Chuka,weblink Ask the expert: Diversity in the City, Financial Times, 11 September 2006, He founded and edited the online political magazine, The Multicultural Politic.WEB,weblink TMP is born, Umunna, Chuka, 15 April 2007, The Multicultural Politic, 20 July 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160808213613weblink">weblink 8 August 2016, dead, In 2007, he campaigned in support of Jon Cruddas' unsuccessful bid to become Labour deputy leader.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

Political career

Early parliamentary career

(File:Chuka at Lambeth College-2.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Umunna in 2009)In March 2008, Umunna was adopted as the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Streatham.NEWS,weblink Chuka wins race to become Labour's Streatham MP candidate, Cara, Lee, Streatham Guardian, 17 March 2008, 27 March 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20151125193257weblink">weblink 25 November 2015, dead, At the 2010 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham with a 3,259 majority;WEB,weblink Streatham, The Guardian, he gave his maiden speech on 2 June 2010.WEB, Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster,weblink House of Commons Hansard Debates for 02 Jun 2010 (pt 0015), Parliament of the United Kingdom, 2 June 2010, 16 August 2013, He took a particular interest in economic policy and reform of the City.Umunna described himself as being "One Nation Labour" and has written articles promoting the "Blue Labour" trend.WEB,weblink Chuka Umunna MP " One Nation Labour, Chuka.org.uk, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130103070516weblink">weblink 3 January 2013, 7 April 2013, WEB,weblink Chuka Umunna: My vision for One Nation Labour, 12 May 2011, Left Foot Forward, 7 April 2013, He argued the Conservative-led coalition government should revise its programme of fiscal consolidation, take a tougher stance with the British banking industry and take action to transform the credit ratings agency market.WEB, Chuka, Umunna, Duncan Weldon,weblink The man's not for turning, New Statesman, 25 October 2010, 12 May 2014, WEB,weblink Credit Rating Agencies: 16 Nov 2010: House of Commons debates, TheyWorkForYou, 7 December 2009, 16 August 2013, WEB,weblink New Clause 3 â€“ Bank taxation: 8 Nov 2010: House of Commons debates, TheyWorkForYou, 16 August 2013, Umunna was one of 63 Labour MPs to nominate Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership election to succeed Gordon Brown as party leader.WEB,weblink Ed Miliband: Nominations, labour.co.uk, 24 May 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100527091414weblink">weblink 27 May 2010, In June 2010, Umunna was elected as a member of the Treasury Select Committee.WEB,weblink Treasury Committee â€“ membership â€“ UK Parliament, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 9 June 2010, 16 August 2013, In January 2011, he questioned the chief executive of Barclays, Bob Diamond, in relation to alleged tax avoidance activities by the bank during which he disclosed that the bank used over 300 subsidiary companies in offshore jurisdictions.NEWS,weblink weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110120092647weblink">weblink dead, 20 January 2011, London, The Daily Telegraph, Sean, O'Hare, Labour MP urges Barclay's chief to reduce offshore subsidiaries, 17 January 2011, In response to his question, Diamond stated in February 2011 that Barclays had paid Â£113m in UK corporation tax in 2009, despite making Â£11.6bn in profit.NEWS,weblink London, The Guardian, Jill, Treannor, Barclays bank forced to admit it paid just Â£113m in corporation tax in 2009, 18 February 2011, Umunna held this position on the Select Committee until his appointment as Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise.

Shadow Cabinet

In October 2010, following Miliband's election as party leader, Umunna was appointed to serve as his Parliamentary Private Secretary and, in May 2011, he was appointed to the position of Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise until his promotion to the Shadow cabinet.NEWS,weblink The London Hustings, London Evening Standard, April 2015, Umunna was promoted as Shadow Business Secretary on 7 October 2011, replacing John Denham, who announced his retirement from front-bench politics.NEWS,weblink BBC News, Ed Miliband promotes fresh faces to Labour top team, 7 October 2011, Following his appointment, Umunna re-affirmed Labour's commitment to introducing a graduate tax in place of university tuition fees. In January 2012, Umunna joined Ed Miliband and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves in calling on PM David Cameron to block a Â£1.6m bonus for Stephen Hester, the chief executive officer of the publicly owned Royal Bank of Scotland Group.NEWS,weblink London, The Guardian, Rajeev, Syal, Ed Miliband calls for Stephen Hester to be denied a reported Â£1.6m RBS bonus, 23 January 2012, 13 September 2020, During 2013, Umunna led claims that the Government's valuation of the Royal Mail during its privatisation had effectively "shortchanged" the taxpayer, a view supported by the significant rise in the share price following the sale and the subsequent summoning of bankers to a parliamentary investigation.WEB,weblink Umunna: Taxpayer 'shortchanged' by Royal Mail sale, ITV News, 7 October 2013, 12 May 2014, NEWS,weblink London, The Guardian, MPs summon bankers to explain their valuations of Royal Mail, 8 November 2012, 13 September 2020, A member of the Labour Friends of Israel, he and Liam Byrne made an official visit to Israel in October 2012 as part of the LFI's UK-Israel Economic Dialogue group.NEWS, Dysch, Marcus, Conservative and Labour MPs take part in new Israel missions,weblink The Jewish Chronicle, 11 October 2012, 13 September 2020, NEWS, Bright, Martin, 20 September 2012, 13 September 2020, Friends groups head to Israel,weblink The Jewish Chronicle, WEB, LFI Supporters in Parliament,weblink 8 September 2019, Labour Friends of Israel, Whilst a member of LFI, he condemned Israel's military courts for their treatment of Palestinian children accused of combat offences in December 2013.WEB, 4 December 2013, Chuka Umunna addresses LFPME reception about Caabu/LFPME visit,weblink 4 October 2019, Caabu.org, {{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}In April 2013, Umunna's law firm was linked to favourable updates made on his Wikipedia page in 2007, which included a reference to him being tipped as the "British Barack Obama".NEWS, Kember, Billy,weblink Flattering 'British Obama' edit on Wikipedia raises questions for MP Chuka Umunna, The Times (London), 12 April 2013, 12 April 2013, NEWS, Hope, Christopher,weblink Labour star Chuka Umunna admits his aides probably set up and edited his own Wikipedia page, The Daily Telegraph, 7 April 2013, 8 April 2013, London, In the same month, Umunna was criticised for comments he had made in his mid 20s on the exclusive social network ASmallWorld about the West End of London. Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris said the 2006 comments, describing people visiting nightclubs in the West End as "trash" and "c-list wannabes", showed a "lack of respect for the public"; Umunna stated that the comments were meant to have been "light-hearted in tone and context" but appreciated that "the choice of words used were not appropriate" and apologised for any offence.NEWS,weblink Labour MP Chuka Umunna apologises for comments on elite social network saying London's nightclubs are 'full of trash', The Independent, 5 April 2013, London, Umunna was accused of hypocrisy for accepting a Â£20,000 gift from a gambling executive despite campaigning against the spread of betting shops in his constituency and promising new powers to limit them.NEWS,weblink Rising star of Labour and betting shop critic Chuka Umunna faces embarrassment after accepting Â£20,000 gift from gambling executive, The Independent, 6 August 2013, 6 August 2013, London, Nigel, Morris, (File:Chuka Umunna 2012.jpg|thumb|Umunna asking a question on Employment Law, circa 2012)In early May 2014, Umunna raised concerns in ParliamentWEB,weblink House of Commons Hansard Debates for 06 May 2014 (pt 0001), Parliament of the United Kingdom, 10 May 2015, and public over the proposed takeover of AstraZeneca, by the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, on the grounds of ensuring British jobs and interests.WEB,weblink Chuka Umunna: "Grave concern" over potential AstraZeneca deal,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140714232728weblink">weblink 14 July 2014, Despite assurances from Pfizer, Umunna went on to publicly denounce the proposed takeover proclaiming that Pfizer's assurances were "not worth the paper they were written on".NEWS,weblink Pfizer assurances 'not worth paper they're written on', ITV News, 10 May 2014, 8 May 2015, The takeover bid eventually fell through in late May 2014 after the AstraZeneca board rejected Pfizer's final offer.NEWS,weblink Pfizer admits defeat on AstraZeneca bid, ITV News, 26 May 2014, 20 January 2019, In May 2014, Umunna criticised fellow Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham's report into possible methods of restricting the sale and advertising of alcohol, unhealthy foods, and tobacco. He was quoted as having said that such courses of action as outlined in the report would be seen to be "anti-business and interventionist".NEWS,weblink London, The Daily Telegraph, Miranda, Prynne, Labour plans for a crackdown on drinking, smoking and unhealthy food, 4 May 2014, Umunna has argued for a British federal state on multiple occasions, and has said that progressives should not dismiss George Osborne's notion of a "Northern Powerhouse", arguing that greater devolution, federalisation of the UK Labour Party into individual Labour Parties representing each component nation of the UK, greater political autonomy for England in particular, more regional powers and "wholescale federalisation" are necessary to advance the Labour Party.NEWS, Mason, Rowena, Chuka Umunna warns Labour not to dismiss Osborne's northern powerhouse,weblink 8 January 2016, The Guardian, 17 October 2015, NEWS, Brown, Graeme, Chuka Umunna calls for regional mayors in 'more federal' UK,weblink 8 January 2016, The Birmingham Post, 30 October 2014, NEWS, Bennett, Owen, Chuka Umunna To Call for an English Parliament As He Urges Labour To Modernise,weblink 8 January 2016, HuffPost, 22 July 2015, NEWS, Umunna, Chuka, Britain needs wholesale federalisation â€“ and Labour must lead the way,weblink 8 January 2016, The Guardian, 27 October 2015, {{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Leadership election and withdrawal

{{See also|2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)}}Umunna increased his majority to 13,934 at the 2015 general election, with 53% of the vote in his constituency.NEWS,weblink Streatham Parliamentary Constituency, BBC, 15 May 2015, Following Labour's defeat in the election and resignation of Ed Miliband as leader, Umunna was identified as one of the potential candidates to take over as leader of the party.NEWS, Ganesh, Janan, Cameron can savour campaign success,weblink 8 May 2015, Financial Times, 8 May 2015, He called for Labour to target Conservatives and "aspirational, middle-class voters",WEB,weblink Anoosh, Chakelian, Chuka Umunna calls for Labour to target Conservative and "aspirational, middle-class voters", New Statesman, 9 May 2015, 14 May 2015, saying that the party needs to be "on the side of those who are doing well."NEWS,weblink Umunna: We failed to speak to 'aspirational middle-class', ITV News, 10 May 2015, 14 May 2015, On 12 May, he announced his candidature for the Labour Party leadership election.NEWS, Chuka Umunna to run for Labour leader,weblink 12 May 2015, BBC News, 12 May 2015, Three days later, he withdrew from the contest, stating that he had been "uncomfortable" with "the added level of scrutiny that came with being a leadership candidate".WEB,weblink Chuka Umunna withdraws Labour leader bid, BBC, 15 May 2015, 15 May 2015, On 26 May, he announced his endorsement of Liz Kendall, who was unsuccessful in her bid for the Labour leadership.NEWS,weblink Why we are endorsing Liz Kendall for the Labour leadership, Umunna, Chuka, New Statesman, 26 May 2015, 2 September 2015,

Return to the backbenches

In September 2015, following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as the Leader of the Labour Party, Umunna announced his resignation from the Shadow Cabinet and returned to the backbenches, citing differences over the Brexit referendum and issues of collective ministerial responsibility.WEB,weblink Statement by Chuka Umunna MP on leaving the Shadow Cabinet by mutual agreement, 13 September 2015, 13 September 2015, NEWS, Clarke-Billings, Lucy, Chuka Umunna steps down from Jeremy Corbyn shadow cabinet after 'mutual agreement',weblink The Daily Telegraph, 13 September 2015, 9 January 2016, Umunna supported "Remain" in the Brexit referendum.NEWS, 24 March 2018, Inside the Secret Plot to Reverse Brexit,weblink Bloomberg.com, 23 March 2018, His constituency voted with the highest proportion of votes to remain, with 79.5%. Following the victory for the Leave campaign, Umunna proposed an amendment to the bill to trigger Article 50 calling upon the government to investigate spending Â£350 million a week on the NHS, which was defeated by the government.NEWS, Cowburn, Ashley, Brexiteers condemned for not backing Â£350m NHS amendment to EU withdrawal bill,weblink 8 August 2017, The Independent, 8 February 2017, NEWS, Brexit vote: Theresa May wins Commons approval to trigger Article 50 as Labour's Clive Lewis resigns,weblink Hughes, Laura, McCann, Kate, Rayner, Gordon, 9 June 2019, The Daily Telegraph, 9 February 2017, He subsequently voted for the unmodified bill to leave the EU, writing with Wes Streeting that "as democrats we must abide by the national result".NEWS, Chuka Umunna and Wes Streeting: Why we Labour Remainers voted to trigger Article 50, i,weblink 8 August 2017, 1 February 2017, In the 2017 general election campaign Umunna opposed a second referendum on Brexit.NEWS, Eaton, George,weblink Chuka Umunna: "The only test for Labour is getting more seats than the Conservatives", 31 May 2017, New Statesman, 15 February 2019, Following his re-election in the 2017 general election, Umunna proposed a rebel amendment to the Queen's Speech calling upon the government to "rule out withdrawal from the EU without a deal" and "set out proposals to remain within the Customs Union and Single Market".NEWS, Stone, Jon, Labour split over Brexit as MPs back rebel amendment,weblink 8 August 2017, The Independent, 29 June 2017, Three Labour frontbenchers were sacked for supporting the defeated amendment, which the Labour leadership argued conflicted with their manifesto commitment to end freedom of movement.NEWS, Jeremy Corbyn sacks three frontbenchers over single market vote,weblink 8 August 2017, BBC News, 30 June 2017, On 15 April 2018, Umunna attended the launch event of the People's Vote, a campaign group calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal between the UK and the European Union.NEWS, Brexit: 'People's Vote' campaign group launched,weblink BBC News, 15 April 2018, 17 April 2018, Umunna favours a second referendum on Brexit. Umunna wrote that the campaign to leave the EU lied during the campaign and also broke the law spending more money than was allowed. Umunna has stated that the British people now know the truth and should have a second say over whether the UK leaves the European Union. In July 2018, Umunna wrote, "If the proposals which the PM is pursuing feel unacceptable to the majority of the electorate, that says something. People voted to leave and to remain for very different reasons, but it's nonsense to say that every single person who voted for Brexit in the EU referendum did so because they unanimously agreed on leaving the single market and the customs union, putting the Good Friday Agreement at risk, garnering no extra money for the NHS (contrary to what they were told) and potentially continuing years of austerity."NEWS,weblink If Brexit negotiations have taught us anything, it's that our future should not be left to 650 politicians in London, Umunna, Chuka, 24 July 2018, The Independent, 22 October 2018, In August 2018, The Guardian reported that "Umunna and fellow Labour MP Chris Leslie are widely believed to be laying the groundwork for the creation of a new [political] party although both have denied this."NEWS,weblink Prospect of a new UK party grows as Brexit shifts ground at Westminster, Stewart, Heather, 20 August 2018, The Guardian, 20 August 2018, In October 2018, it was announced that Umunna would serve as the chairman of a new centrist think tank called Progressive Centre UK. It was revealed that he would be earning Â£65,000 a year for his work on the advisory board.NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna paid Â£450 an hour to lead centrist think tank, Zeffman, Henry, 19 October 2018, The Times, 19 October 2018,

Change UK

On 18 February 2019, Umunna and six other MPs (Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Mike Gapes, Gavin Shuker, and Ann Coffey) quit Labour in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership to form The Independent Group (later Change UK).NEWS, Seven MPs leave Labour in Corbyn protest,weblink 18 February 2019, BBC News, 18 February 2019, WEB,weblink The Independent Group applies to be a political party â€“ Change UK, Sky News, 29 March 2019, The Independent Group named Umunna as its Spokesman on 28 February 2019.NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna named spokesman for the Independent Group, Sabbagh, Dan, 1 March 2019, The Guardian, 1 March 2019, 0261-3077, On 24 May 2019, Umunna wrote in the i newspaper that Change UK would be open to a pro-EU pact with the Liberal Democrats in order to unite the Remain vote.NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna: We've made mistakes at Change UK â€“ and need to work with other Remain parties, Umunna, Chuka, 24 May 2019, i newspaper, 25 May 2019, NEWS,weblink Change UK open to forming pro-remain pact with Liberal Democrats, Busby, Mattha, 25 May 2019, The Guardian, 25 May 2019, 0261-3077, On 4 June, after Change UK's poor results in the EU election, Umunna left the party with five of its other MPs who did not wish for Change UK to stand candidates at future elections.NEWS,weblink Change UK loses six of its 11 MPs, BBC News, 4 June 2019, WEB,weblink Personal Statement on my departure from Change UK, 4 June 2019, Chuka Umunna, Subsequently, Change UK's new leader, Anna Soubry, said that Umunna had made a "serious mistake" in leaving the party.NEWS,weblink Change UK: Chuka Umunna's exit a 'serious mistake', says Anna Soubry, 9 June 2019, BBC News, 9 June 2019, NEWS,weblink Anna Soubry: Umunna made 'serious mistake' leaving Change UK, Walker, Peter, 9 June 2019, The Guardian, 9 June 2019,

Liberal Democrats

File:Chuka Umunna Campaigning Pimlico 2019.jpg|thumb|Umunna campaigning as a Liberal Democrat in Pimlico, Cities of London and Westminster at the 2019 general election ]]On 13 June 2019, Umunna announced to The Times he would be joining the Liberal Democrats.NEWS,weblink It's all change again as Chuka Umunna joins Lib Dems, Elliott, Francis, 13 June 2019, 13 June 2019, www.thetimes.co.uk, He told the BBC he had been "wrong" to think "millions of politically homeless people wanted a new party", while referring to moving from Change UK. He also said he "massively underestimated just how difficult it is to set up a fully fledged new party without an existing infrastructure", after Change UK received a mere 3.4% of the vote in the EU elections, far behind the Liberal Democrats' 20%.NEWS,weblink The UK's results in maps and charts, BBC News, 27 May 2019, 14 June 2019, He added, under Britain's voting system, there would not be "room for more than one centre ground" party in a general election.WEB,weblink Chuka Umunna joins Lib Dems: "No room for two in centre ground", Heather Stewart and Matthew Weaver, 14 June 2019, The Guardian, 5 October 2019, Though Umunna had previously been publicly critical of the Liberal Democrats for "enabling Tory austerity" during the 2010 to 2015 coalition government, he told the BBC that "things have changed." He also speculated that "a good handful" of other MPs may defect to the Liberal Democrats.NEWS,weblink MP Chuka Umunna joins Lib Dems, 14 June 2019, BBC News, 14 June 2019, In September 2019, in his first major speech to the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference, Umunna argued Britain was unable to exert its moral authority against authoritarian leaders in the world at a time when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was threatening to break the law over Brexit.WEB,weblink Britain unable to exert moral authority, says Chuka Umunna, 16 September 2019, The Guardian, 4 October 2019, At the 2019 general election, Umunna stood in Cities of London and Westminster, and lost to the Conservative Party candidate, Nickie Aiken, finishing second with 30.7%.WEB, 2019 General Election - Cities of London and Westminster,weblink Parliament.uk, 20 October 2023, NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna: I'll beat Tories in their flagship London seat, Murphy, Joe, 6 September 2019, Evening Standard, 6 September 2019, Helen Thompson replaced him as the Lib Dem candidate in Streatham, and also lost.TWEET, 1169922625424056321, Following @ChukaUmunna decision not to stand again here, I am resuming the role of Lib Dem PPC for #Streatham. I look forward to campaigning to win our strongly remain constituency, continuing the fight against Brexit and getting @joswinson into No. 10!, Thompson, Helen, 6 September 2019, HelenV_Thompson, 6 September 2019,

Business career

Since April 2020, Umunna has been a non-executive director of Advanced and an adviser to Digital Identity Net UK.NEWS, Boland, Hannah, 3 June 2020, Chuka Umunna joins board of software firm Advanced, The Telegraph,weblink 25 August 2020, 0307-1235, It was one of three posts he announced on Wednesday. They included advisory roles at Signal AI, a market intelligence firm and Digital Identity Net, a specialist in identity verification technology for banks., In July 2020 Umunna was appointed executive director and head of the Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) consultancy within the specialist capital markets and financial services team at public relations and marketing consultancy firm Edelman UK. Umunna said about the appointment "If we're to fundamentally change the model of capitalism we've got to ensure that the overwhelming majority of businesses are integrating ESG factors into corporate decision making like never before."WEB,weblink Chuka Umunna Joins Edelman to Lead Esg Consultancy Offer, Edelman UK, 8 July 2020, 30 December 2020, NEWS,weblink Former Labour MP Chuka Umunna joins communications firm Edelman as executive director, Cowburn, Ashley, The Independent, 8 July 2020, 30 December 2020, On 12 April 2021 he joined the investment bank JPMorgan Chase as Managing Director and the head of its ESG advisory efforts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and co-leading the global ESG investment banking team.NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna joins JPMorgan to oversee ESG efforts, Financial Times, 10 February 2021, 10 February 2021, NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna in line of fire after JP Morgan's spectacular own goal, Gill, Oliver, The Daily Telegraph, subscription, 21 April 2021, 22 April 2021, WEB,weblink Chuka Umunna - Managing Director & Head of EMEA ESG, J.P. Morgan, Umunna, Chuka, LinkedIn, 1 January 2023, In 2022, Umunna was part of the JPMorgan team advising Vesa Equity, the investment business of Daniel Kretinsky, on their British investments which included 23% of Royal Mail.NEWS,weblink 'Czech sphinx' Royal Mail investor advised by ex-Labour star Chuka Umunna, Gill, Oliver, The Daily Telegraph, limited, 26 December 2023, 1 January 2023, NEWS,weblink Chuka Umunna advises Czech tycoon accused of Royal Mail plot, Isaac, Anna, The Guardian, 27 December 2022, 1 January 2023, He has been criticised by newspapers for being extremely highly paid in the banking industry despite prior criticism of the industry's high pay.WEB,weblink City salary critic Chuka Umunna stays silent on JP Morgan wage, Lucy, Burton, Simon, Foy, 10 February 2021, 24 October 2023, The Telegraph,

Personal life

Umunna is married to Alice Sullivan, an employment lawyer. The couple have a daughter, born in 2017. He is a Crystal Palace F.C. fan.WEB,weblink Labour MP Votes Red & Blue, 14 March 2017, Crystal Palace F.C., 10 March 2020, He has said that his politics and moral values come from Christianity, but that he is "not majorly religious".WEB,weblink 'Chuka Umunna: "I'm fed up with being in the shadows"', 30 September 2012, Channel 4, 16 August 2013, NEWS, Walker, Tim,weblink 'Don't compare me to Obama' Is Chuka Umunna Britain's first black PM?, 12 November 2011, The Independent, 25 September 2013, London, Several years before he left politics, Umunna was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2015.WEB, 24 November 2015, Nigerians dominate New Africa's 100 Most Influential Africans of 2015,weblink 6 January 2021, Vanguard News,

References

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Chuka Umunna â€“ Operation Black Vote profile
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Chuka Umunna archive at The Guardian

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