About Daniel

Daniel Zeichner is the Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge. He is aged 50 and lives on Victoria Road with his long-term partner Barbara (who prefers to be known as Budge).

Daniel has experience of elected office serving as a councillor between 1995 and 2003. He has also worked as a Parliamentary assistant to a Westminster MP (1992-97) and for a member of the European Parliament (1994-99).

Daniel has represented Cambridge and the rest of our region on Labour’s top policy-making body, the National Policy Forum, since it was established by John Smith.

Daniel first came to Cambridge to read History at King's. He had a successful career in IT, starting his working life at Shire Hall in the IT department, later employed at Philips on the old Simoco site in East Chesterton and then and Perkins Engines in Peterborough, before moving to Norfolk.

Since 2002 he has worked as a national political officer for the Trade Union UNISON, promoting the interests of low-paid women working in public services. He is working closely with Labour Ministers on changes to housing policy to secure more affordable homes.

He has run an Anti-Apartheid group and chaired a school governing body for seven years.

As organiser for Labour's Campaign for a Democratic Upper House, he worked closely with Robin Cook on Lords reform.

He is an active member of Labour's environmental group (SERA), on their National Executive, helping them work with trade unions, and making the case for a shift to a greener tax policy.

Outside of politics Daniel is a keen sportsman, he enjoys cycling and walking and was a promising middle-distance runner in his youth. He is a Crystal Palace supporter. With his partner Budge, he used to run a small garden nursery and they appreciate gardens and the countryside. He also enjoys music and international cinema.

Daniel says,

"My values are clear: a socialist in a modern context. Now, more than ever, arguing that an injustice to one is an injustice to all and that what happens far away can affect us all.

I am Labour because I detest inequality, cruelty and injustice at home and abroad, and want a democracy that works for everyone.

Today, I believe that if the Labour Party returns to our core values we can use a change in national leadership to reinvigorate our party and make Cambridge Labour again.

I want to be Labour MP for Cambridge because I believe I have the energy, experience and commitment to represent people in the City effectively."