Marvin Rees

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Marvin Rees
Mayor of Bristol
Assumed office
7 May 2016
Preceded by George Ferguson
Personal details
Born Marvin Johnathan Rees
1972/1973 (age 51–52)
Nationality British
Political party Labour

Marvin Johnathan Rees (born 1972/1973)[1] is a British Labour Party politician. Since May 2016, he has served as Mayor of Bristol.

Education

Marvin Rees was educated in Bristol before attending the University of Wales in Swansea. He also earned an M.S. in Economic Development at Eastern University (United States) and completed the World Fellows Program at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.[2]

Community involvement

Rees is the Founder and Programme Lead at The Bristol Leadership Programme, a two-week program that will help a dozen people annually from impoverished backgrounds to reach their aspirations.[3][4] He was also a member of the Bristol Legacy Commission which dispursed its funds and ceased operating in April, 2012.[5][6] and a former Director of the Bristol Partnership whose goals are to make Bristol's prosperity sustainable, reduce health and wealth inequality, build stronger and safer communities, and raise the aspirations and achievements of young people and families.[7]

Career

Rees has worked in diverse areas throughout his career. He was a freelance journalist and radio presenter at BBC Radio Bristol.[8] He was the Communications and Events Manager at Black Development Agency (now Phoenix Social Enterprise), an agency devoted to empowering individuals and communities through opportunities to work abroad.[9]

Marvin Rees was employed in the city of Bristol as the Programme Manager for race equality in mental health issues at NHS Bristol.[10] His experiences in the United States included work as an outreach assistant at the Sojourners Community and as a Youth Co-ordinator at Tearfund.[11]

Political career

In 2012, selected by an individual ballot of Labour Party members in the city, Rees defeated four other candidates including the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour group in Bristol and a former Member of Parliament.[2]

On 5 May 2016, Rees was elected Mayor of Bristol. He received 56,729 voted in the first round and 12,021 transfer votes in the second round, meaning that he received 68,750 votes overall.[12][13]

Personal life

Marvin Rees, who describes himself as the mixed-race son of a white single mother,[14] is married with three children and lives in Easton in Bristol.[15][16]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 "Profiles of Labour’s candidates for the Bristol mayoralty: Marvin Rees", Labour Uncut, 18 May 2012.
  3. "Who is Marvin Rees", Bristol Culture, 19 June 2012.
  4. "Youth Mayor could Engage Young People", Bristol Post, 29 May 2012.
  5. Bristol Legacy Commission Members Commission.
  6. Bristol Legacy Commission.
  7. "About us", Bristol Partnership.
  8. Bristol Mayor news. Marvin Rees. http://www.mayor4bristol.com/candidates/marvin-rees/
  9. Phoenix Social Enterprise http://www.pselocallyglobal.org/
  10. NHS Bristol - Mental Health and Wellbeing.
  11. Marvin Rees Biography, BBC News, 2 March 2005.
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  13. "Labour's Marvin Rees has been elected as Bristol city's mayor", BBC News, Bristol, 7 May 2016.
  14. Steven Morris, "Bristol chooses Labour's Marvin Rees as new mayor over George Ferguson", The Guardian, 7 May 2016.
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  16. Ian Onions, "Labour's Marvin Rees wins election to become Bristol's next mayor", Bristol Post, 7 May 2016.