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▲| office7 = [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]]<br />to the [[Leader of the Opposition (UK)|Leader of the Opposition]]
▲| alongside7 = [[Anne McGuire]]
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▲| successor7 = [[Michael Dugher]]
▲| office8 = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)|Streatham]]
| birth_name = Chuka Harrison Umunna
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'''Chuka Harrison Umunna''' {{IPAc-en||audio=Ig-Chuka Umunna.ogg}} ({{IPAc-en|'|tʃ|ʊ|k|ə|_|ə|'|m|uː|n|ə}}; born 17 October 1978) is a British
Born in [[Lambeth]] to a Nigerian father and English-Irish mother, Umunna was educated at [[St Dunstan's College]], a private school in [[Catford]], [[London Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]]. He then studied law at the [[University of Manchester]] and [[Nottingham Trent University]]. A teenage member of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]], he joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 1997 when the party was styling itself as "[[New Labour]]". He worked as a solicitor in the [[City of London]], first for [[Herbert Smith]] and then for Rochman Landau, while writing articles for the [[Compass (think tank)|Compass]] think tank.
Umunna was selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Streatham in 2008, and was elected MP in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]]. When in parliament, he aligned with the party's "[[Blue Labour]]" trend, which rejects [[
A supporter of the unsuccessful [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum]] [[Britain Stronger in Europe|campaign to retain UK membership]] of the [[European Union]], Ummuna campaigned for a [[Proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement|referendum on the final deal with the EU]]. In February 2019, he resigned from Labour and joined The Independent Group, later [[Change UK]]. He was its group spokesperson but left in June 2019 to sit as an independent MP following "disappointing" European Parliament election results showing the party had "failed to get a single MEP elected". One week later, Umunna joined the Liberal Democrats and was appointed their [[Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson|Treasury]] and [[Liberal Democrat
In 2021, Umunna joined [[JPMorgan Chase]] as Managing Director of its [[Environmental, Social, Governance]] (ESG) advisory group in London. In July 2024, he was promoted to Global Head of Sustainable Solutions & EMEA Head of Green Economy Investment Banking, where he will co-lead the firm's global ESG practice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Segal |first=Mark |date=2024-07-29 |title=JPMorgan Promotes Chuka Umunna to Co-lead Global ESG Investment Banking |url=https://www.esgtoday.com/jpmorgan-promotes-chuka-umunna-to-co-lead-global-esg-investment-banking/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=ESG Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
▲A supporter of the unsuccessful [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum]] [[Britain Stronger in Europe|campaign to retain UK membership]] of the [[European Union]], Ummuna campaigned for a [[Proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement|referendum on the final deal with the EU]]. In February 2019, he resigned from Labour and joined The Independent Group, later [[Change UK]]. He was its group spokesperson but left in June 2019 to sit as an independent MP following "disappointing" European Parliament election results showing the party had "failed to get a single MEP elected". One week later, Umunna joined the Liberal Democrats and was appointed their [[Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson|Treasury]] and [[Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team|Business Spokesperson]] by [[Leader of the Liberal Democrats|leader]] [[Vince Cable]]. In August 2019, he was appointed Foreign Affairs, International Development and International Trade Spokesperson by new leader [[Jo Swinson]]. He stood for [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] but lost to [[Nickie Aiken]] of the Conservatives.
== Early life and career ==
Umunna was born in [[Lambeth]], south London, on 17 October 1978.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2019|title=Chuka Umunna: Why Labour's former star politician wants a City seat for the Lib Dems |url=https://www.cityam.com/chuka-umunna-why-labours-former-star-politician-wants-a-city-seat-for-the-lib-dems/ |access-date=28 June 2020 |website=[[City A.M.]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chuka Umunna|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/chuka-umunna |access-date=16 October 2018 |website=politics.co.uk}}</ref> His father, Bennett, of the Nigerian [[
Umunna was educated at Hitherfield Primary School in [[Streatham]], South London, and the Christ Church Primary School in [[Brixton Hill]]. He says his parents felt that the local state school had "given up on him" and as a result had moved him to the boys' independent senior school [[St Dunstan's College]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/who-can-lead-labour-chuka-umunna-can-6555803.html|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]].|title=Who can lead Labour? Chuka Umunna can|date=14 January 2011|access-date=19 May 2014|location=London}}</ref> in [[Catford]] in south-east London, where he played the cello.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b2e9e3a6-ef46-11e2-bb27-00144feabdc0.html|newspaper=The Financial Times (FT Magazine)|title=Chuka Umunna: Profile|date=19 July 2013|access-date=19 May 2014|location=London}}</ref> During this period he was also a [[chorister]] at [[Southwark Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.sky.com/story/991633/chuka-umunna-coy-about-leadership-ambitions |title=Chuka Umunna Coy About Leadership Ambitions |publisher=Sky News |date=1 October 2012}}</ref> As a teenager, he was a member of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/liberal-democrats/news/106502/excl-chuka-umunna-i-was-teenage-member |title=EXCL Chuka Umunna: I was a teenage member of the Liberal Democrats |last=Schofield |first=Kevin |website=PoliticsHome |access-date=15 September 2019 |date=13 September 2019}}</ref> He was awarded an upper second
== Political career ==
=== Early parliamentary career ===
[[File:Chuka at Lambeth College-2.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Umunna in 2009]]
In March 2008, Umunna was adopted as the Labour Party's [[prospective parliamentary candidate]] for [[Streatham (UK Parliament constituency)|Streatham]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/news/2126509.Chuka_wins_race_to_become_Labour_s_Streatham_MP_candidate/ |title=Chuka wins race to become Labour's Streatham MP candidate |first=Cara|last=Lee|work=Streatham Guardian |date=17 March 2008 |access-date=27 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125193257/http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk/news/2126509.Chuka_wins_race_to_become_Labour_s_Streatham_MP_candidate/ |archive-date=25 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], he was elected [[Member of Parliament (
Umunna described himself as being "[[One Nation Labour]]" and has written articles promoting the "[[Blue Labour]]" trend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuka.org.uk/2011/05/one-nation-labour/|title=Chuka Umunna MP " One Nation Labour|publisher=Chuka.org.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103070516/http://www.chuka.org.uk/2011/05/one-nation-labour/|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/05/chuka-umunna-my-vision-for-one-nation-labour/|title=Chuka Umunna: My vision for One Nation Labour|date=12 May 2011|work=[[Left Foot Forward]]|access-date=7 April 2013}}</ref> He argued the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|Conservative-led coalition government]] should revise its programme of fiscal consolidation, take a tougher stance with the [[British banking industry]] and take action to transform the credit ratings agency market.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chuka |last=Umunna |author2=Duncan Weldon |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/10/osborne-plan-deficit-spending |title=The man's not for turning |work=New Statesman |date=25 October 2010 |access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-11-16a.729.2 |title=Credit Rating Agencies: 16 Nov 2010: House of Commons debates |publisher=TheyWorkForYou |date=7 December 2009 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-11-08a.73.0&s=section%3Adebates+section%3Awhall+section%3Alords+section%3Ani+speaker%3A24950#g83.0 |title=New Clause 3 – Bank taxation: 8 Nov 2010: House of Commons debates |publisher=[[TheyWorkForYou]] |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref>
Umunna was one of 63 Labour MPs to nominate [[Ed Miliband]] in the [[2010 Labour Party
In June 2010, Umunna was elected as a member of the [[Treasury Select Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/treasury-committee/membership/ |title=Treasury Committee – membership – UK Parliament |publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom |date=9 June 2010 |access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref> In January 2011, he questioned the chief executive of [[Barclays]], [[
=== Shadow Cabinet ===
In October 2010, following Miliband's election as party leader, Umunna was appointed to serve as his [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] and, in May 2011, he was appointed to the position of Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise until his promotion to the [[Shadow
Umunna was promoted as [[
A member of the [[Labour Friends of Israel]], he and [[Liam Byrne]] made an official visit to Israel in October 2012 as part of the LFI's UK-Israel Economic Dialogue group.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|title=Conservative and Labour MPs take part in new Israel missions|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/conservative-and-labour-mps-take-part-in-new-israel-missions-1.36942|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|date = 11 October 2012|access-date = 13 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bright|first=Martin|date=20 September 2012|access-date = 13 September 2020|title=Friends groups head to Israel|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/friends-groups-head-to-israel-1.36336|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LFI Supporters in Parliament|url=https://www.lfi.org.uk/in-parliament/|access-date=8 September 2019|work=Labour Friends of Israel}}</ref> Whilst a member of LFI, he condemned Israel's military courts for their treatment of Palestinian children accused of combat offences in December 2013.<ref>{{
In April 2013, Umunna's law firm was linked to favourable updates made on his Wikipedia page in 2007, which included a reference to him being tipped as the "British [[Barack Obama]]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Kember |first=Billy |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3737364.ece |title=Flattering 'British Obama' edit on Wikipedia raises questions for MP Chuka Umunna |work=[[The Times]] (London) |date=12 April 2013 |access-date=12 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hope |first=Christopher |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9977305/Labour-star-Chuka-Umunna-admits-his-aides-probably-set-up-and-edited-his-own-Wikipedia-page.html |title=Labour star Chuka Umunna admits his aides probably set up and edited his own Wikipedia page |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=7 April 2013 |access-date=8 April 2013 |location=London}}</ref> In the same month, Umunna was criticised for comments he had made in his mid 20s on the exclusive social network [[ASmallWorld]] about the [[West End of London]]. Conservative MP [[Chris Heaton-Harris]] said the 2006 comments, describing people visiting nightclubs in the West End as "trash" and "c-list wannabes", showed a "lack of respect for the public"; Umunna stated that the comments were meant to have been "light-hearted in tone and context" but appreciated that "the choice of words used were not appropriate" and apologised for any offence.<ref name="independent1">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-chuka-umunna-apologises-for-comments-on-elite-social-network-saying-londons-nightclubs-are-full-of-trash-8561809.html |title=Labour MP Chuka Umunna apologises for comments on elite social network saying London's nightclubs are 'full of trash' |work=The Independent |date=5 April 2013 |location=London}}</ref>
Umunna was accused of hypocrisy for accepting a £20,000 gift from a gambling executive despite campaigning against the spread of betting shops in his constituency and promising new powers to limit them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rising-star-of-labour-and-betting-shop-critic-chuka-umunna-faces-embarrassment-after-accepting-20000-gift-from-gambling-executive-8748755.html|title=Rising star of Labour and betting shop critic Chuka Umunna faces embarrassment after accepting £20,000 gift from gambling executive|work=The Independent |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=6 August 2013|location=London|first=Nigel|last=Morris}}</ref>
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In May 2014, Umunna criticised fellow Shadow Health Secretary [[Andy Burnham]]'s report into possible methods of restricting the sale and advertising of alcohol, unhealthy foods, and tobacco. He was quoted as having said that such courses of action as outlined in the report would be seen to be "anti-business and interventionist".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10807198/Labour-plans-for-a-crackdown-on-drinking-smoking-and-unhealthy-food.html | location=London | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| first=Miranda| last=Prynne | title=Labour plans for a crackdown on drinking, smoking and unhealthy food | date=4 May 2014}}</ref>
Umunna has argued for a British [[federal state]] on multiple occasions, and has said that [[progressives]] should not dismiss [[George Osborne]]'s notion of a "[[Northern Powerhouse]]", arguing that greater [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|devolution]], [[federalisation]] of the [[
=== Leadership election and withdrawal ===
{{See also|2015 Labour Party
Umunna increased his majority to 13,934 at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], with 53% of the vote in his constituency.<ref name="Streatham">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000978/|title=Streatham Parliamentary Constituency|publisher=BBC|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> Following Labour's defeat in the election and resignation of [[Ed Miliband]] as leader, Umunna was identified as one of the potential candidates to take over as leader of the party.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ganesh|first1=Janan|title=Cameron can savour campaign success|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4966f062-f56c-11e4-8c83-00144feab7de.html|access-date=8 May 2015|work=Financial Times|date=8 May 2015}}</ref> He called for Labour to target Conservatives and "aspirational, middle-class voters",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/chuka-umunna-calls-labour-target-conservatives-and-aspirational-middle-class-voters |first=Anoosh|last=Chakelian|title=Chuka Umunna calls for Labour to target Conservative and "aspirational, middle-class voters" |work=New Statesman |date=9 May 2015 |access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> saying that the party needs to be "on the side of those who are doing well."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-05-10/umunna-we-failed-to-speak-to-the-aspirational-middle-class/ |title=Umunna: We failed to speak to 'aspirational middle-class' |work=ITV News |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=14 May 2015}}</ref> On 12 May, he announced his candidature for the Labour Party leadership election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chuka Umunna to run for Labour leader|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32706038|access-date=12 May 2015|work=BBC News|date=12 May 2015}}</ref> Three days later, he withdrew from the contest, stating that he had been "uncomfortable" with "the added level of scrutiny that came with being a leadership candidate".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32748106|title=Chuka Umunna withdraws Labour leader bid |publisher=BBC|date=15 May 2015 |access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> On 26 May, he announced his endorsement of [[Liz Kendall]], who was unsuccessful in her bid for the Labour leadership.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/why-we-are-endorsing-liz-kendall-labour-leadership|title=Why we are endorsing Liz Kendall for the Labour leadership |last=Umunna |first=Chuka |work=New Statesman|date=26 May 2015 |access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref>
=== Return to the backbenches ===
In September 2015, following the election of [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as the [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]], Umunna announced his resignation from the [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadow Cabinet]] and returned to the backbenches, citing differences over the [[Brexit]] referendum and issues of [[
Umunna supported "Remain" in the [[Brexit referendum]].<ref>{{cite news|access-date=24 March 2018|title=Inside the Secret Plot to Reverse Brexit|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-23/inside-the-secret-plot-to-reverse-brexit|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=23 March 2018}}</ref> [[Results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum by constituency|His constituency voted with the highest proportion of votes to remain, with 79.5%]]. Following the victory for the Leave campaign, Umunna proposed an amendment to the bill to trigger [[Article 50]] calling upon the government to investigate spending £350 million a week on the NHS, which was defeated by the government.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cowburn|first1=Ashley|title=Brexiteers condemned for not backing £350m NHS amendment to EU withdrawal bill|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexiteers-condemned-for-not-backing-350m-nhs-amendment-to-eu-withdrawal-bill-a7570336.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The Independent|date=8 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Brexit vote: Theresa May wins Commons approval to trigger Article 50 as Labour's Clive Lewis resigns|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/08/brexit-debate-vote-live-theresa-may-pmqs/|
Following his re-election in the 2017 general election, Umunna proposed a rebel amendment to the [[Queen's Speech]] calling upon the government to "rule out withdrawal from the EU without a deal" and "set out proposals to remain within the Customs Union and Single Market".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stone|first1=Jon|title=Labour split over Brexit as MPs back rebel amendment|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-labour-vote-split-position-chuka-umunna-amendment-live-commons-vote-parliament-a7815271.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The Independent|date=29 June 2017}}</ref> Three Labour frontbenchers were sacked for supporting the defeated amendment, which the Labour leadership argued conflicted with their manifesto commitment to end freedom of movement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jeremy Corbyn sacks three frontbenchers over single market vote|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40451301|access-date=8 August 2017|work=BBC News|date=30 June 2017}}</ref>
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=== Change UK ===
On 18 February 2019, Umunna and six other MPs ([[Luciana Berger]], [[Chris Leslie]], [[Angela Smith (
On 24 May 2019, Umunna wrote in the ''[[
=== Liberal Democrats ===
[[File:Chuka Umunna Campaigning Pimlico 2019.jpg|thumb|Umunna campaigning as a Liberal Democrat in Pimlico, [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]]]]
On 13 June 2019, Umunna announced to ''[[The Times]]'' he would be joining the Liberal Democrats.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-s-all-change-again-as-chuka-umunna-joins-lib-dems-2dqkcd5cx|title=It's all change again as Chuka Umunna joins Lib Dems|last=Elliott|first=Francis|date=13 June 2019|access-date=13 June 2019|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref> He told the BBC he had been "wrong" to think "millions of politically homeless people wanted a new party", while referring to moving from Change UK. He also said he "massively underestimated just how difficult it is to set up a fully fledged new party without an existing infrastructure", after Change UK received a mere 3.4% of the vote in the EU elections, far behind the Liberal Democrats' 20%.<ref>{{
Though Umunna had previously been publicly critical of the Liberal Democrats for "enabling Tory austerity" during the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|2010 to 2015 coalition government]], he told the BBC that "things have changed." He also speculated that "a good handful" of other MPs may defect to the Liberal Democrats.<ref>{{
In September 2019, in his first major speech to the [[Liberal Democrat Federal Conference]], Umunna argued Britain was unable to exert its moral authority against authoritarian leaders in the world at a time when Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] was threatening to break the law over [[Brexit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/16/britain-unable-to-exert-moral-authority-chuka-umunna|title=Britain unable to exert moral authority, says Chuka Umunna|date=16 September 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>
At the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], Umunna stood in [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]], and lost to the Conservative Party candidate, [[Nickie Aiken]], finishing second with 30.7%.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 General Election - Cities of London and Westminster |url=https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/elections/27187 |website=[[Parliament.uk]] |access-date=20 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/chuka-umunna-will-stand-against-tory-party-in-flagship-central-london-seat-a4230581.html|title=Chuka Umunna: I'll beat Tories in their flagship London seat|last=Murphy|first=Joe|date=6 September 2019|website=Evening Standard
== Business career ==
Since April 2020, Umunna has been a non-executive director of Advanced and an adviser to Digital Identity Net UK.<ref>{{
In July 2020 Umunna was appointed executive director and head of the [[Environmental, Social, Governance]] (ESG) consultancy within the specialist capital markets and financial services team at public relations and marketing consultancy firm [[Edelman (firm)|Edelman UK]]. Umunna said about the appointment "If we're to fundamentally change the model of capitalism we've got to ensure that the overwhelming majority of businesses are integrating ESG factors into corporate decision making like never before."<ref name=edelman-20200708>{{cite web |url=https://www.edelman.co.uk/news-awards/chuka-umunna-joins-edelman-lead-esg-consultancy-offer |title=Chuka Umunna Joins Edelman to Lead Esg Consultancy Offer |website=Edelman UK |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=independent-20200708>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chuka-umunna-new-job-edelman-esg-executive-director-a9607646.html |title=Former Labour MP Chuka Umunna joins communications firm Edelman as executive director |last=Cowburn |first=Ashley |website=The Independent |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
On 12 April 2021 he joined the investment bank [[JPMorgan Chase]]
== Personal life ==
Umunna is married to Alice Sullivan, an employment lawyer. The couple have a daughter, born in 2017.<ref name="newstatesman-20170531" /> He is a [[Crystal Palace F.C.]] fan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2017/march/labour-mp-votes-red--blue/|title=Labour MP Votes Red & Blue|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=14 March 2017|publisher=Crystal Palace F.C.|access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> He has said that his politics and moral values come from Christianity, but that he is "not majorly religious".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/chuka-umunna-im-fed-up-with-being-in-the-shadows|title='Chuka Umunna: "I'm fed up with being in the shadows"'|date=30 September 2012|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=16 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dont-compare-me-to-obama-is-chuka-umunna-britains-first-black-pm-6259648.html|title='Don't compare me to Obama' Is Chuka Umunna Britain's first black PM?|date=12 November 2011|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=25 September 2013|location=London}}</ref>
Several years before he left politics, Umunna was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by ''[[New African]]'' magazine in 2015.<ref>{{
== References ==
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* [http://www.obv.org.uk/our-communities/black-politicians/chuka-ummuna-mp Chuka Umunna – Operation Black Vote profile]
* [http://www.streathamlabour.org.uk/ Streatham Labour]
* [http://www.tmponline.org/ The Multicultural Politic (TMP) Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310142841/http://www.tmponline.org/ |date=10 March 2021 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121110212315/http://www.ethosjournal.com/topics/politics/item/344-rise-of-chuka-umunna The rise of Chuka Umunna MP charted] by ''[[Ethos Journal]]''
* [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/chuka-umunna Chuka Umunna archive at ''The Guardian'']
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