Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn was first elected to parliament in 1983 and continues to represent Islington North, and served as Leader of Her Majesty’s Official Opposition from September 2015 to April 2020. Corbyn spends a great deal of time and energy focussed on anti-racism, anti imperialism, LGBT+ rights, transport, the environment, opposition to nuclear weapons and military intervention, Trade Union policies, Miscarriages of Justice and more. In parliament he served on the Social Security Committee (1992-2007), the London Regional Select Committee (2009-2010) and the Justice Committee (2011-2015) and was awarded the 2017 Sean McBride Peace Prize and before that (2013) the Gandhi International Peace Award. He is currently a member of the Parliamentary Assembly for the Council of Europe, the UK Socialist Campaign Group, and a regular participant at the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva), Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Vice President), and Chagos Islands All Party Parliamentary Group (Honorary President), and a Vice president of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Upcoming Events

BLF 2025
Jeremy Corbyn, Professor Paul Rogers
The Monstrous Anger of The Guns
Sunday, 6 July 2025 | 14:00 – 15:00
St George’s Hall, BD1 1JT
World Affairs & Politics
Event Reference: WA021
BLF 2025
Jeremy Corbyn, Len McCluskey
Poetry for the Many: Jeremy Corbyn & Len McCluskey
Sunday, 6 July 2025 | 20:00 – 21:00
St George’s Hall, BD1 1JT
Poetry
Event Reference: PO003