How many politicians in the Labour party, dealing with small businesses, have successfully run a business of their own?
Only current MPs.
What level of influence do they hold?
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Dan M
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According to The Telegraph: "Fewer than 10 out of 350 Labour MPs have ever run a business. Business Secretary John Hutton's qualification for the job is that he was a law lecturer at Newcastle Poly for 11 years before becoming an MP. The minister for business, Shriti Vadera, has spent the past eight years as an adviser to Gordon Brown. She counts among her "achievements" Railtrack's renationalisation, the selling of Qinetiq for a fraction of its true value, and the disastrous creation of Metronet."
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Clarification added 5 months ago:
In addition, recent research by ComRes and the Industry and Parliament Trust revealed just 13% have at least five years business experience.