Jeremy Bernard Corbyn, born on 26 May 1949 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, is a British politician and trade unionist. The son of mathematics teacher Naomi Loveday (née Josling; 1915–1987) and electrical engineer David Benjamin Corbyn (1915–1986), he attended a grammar school in Shropshire and briefly a technical college in north London. Corbyn began his career as a left-wing political activist, working as a representative for trade unions including the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) and the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE). He was elected to Haringey Council in 1974 and later served as secretary of the Islington Constituency Labour Party. Corbyn has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. He joined the Labour Party in 1965 and was a prominent member of the Socialist Campaign Group. In 2015, he was elected Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition, serving until 2020. Identifying as a democratic socialist, he is known for his activism on issues aligned with the political left. Corbyn was expelled from the Labour Party in 2024 and now sits as an independent MP. In July 2025, he co-founded Your Party with Zarah Sultana and became its interim leader.