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Siôn Llewelyn Simon (born 23 December 1968) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Labour member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington since 2001.
Though born in Doncaster, Sion grew up in Birmingham, before entering Magdalen College, Oxford University, in 1987.
While at Oxford, he was elected head of the college JCR (Junior Common Room) in his second year.
After university, he was research assistant for George Robertson MP, a role he performed for three years. After a stint working for Guinness, he became a journalist, working for the Daily Telegraph, the News of the World, and the Spectator., where he was associate editor of the Spectator.
In the 2005 General Election, he held the seat of Birmingham Erdington, increasing his majority to 9,575.
Married in the early 1990s, he has two children.
External links
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Sion Simon MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-7804,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Sion Simon MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/sion_simon/birmingham%2C_erdington)