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In
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descent. He left school at the age of 16 to become a grave digger. Prior to his election, Levy had worked as a healthcare assistant on an inpatient mental health rehabilitation ward in
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held his seat with a majority of 7,915. Levy was subsequently elected for the constituency at the 2019 general election with a majority of 712 votes over Labour candidate
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Levy is married and has two children. In
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from 2022 until the general election, in which he failed to win the new seat of
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constituency at the 2017 general election, in which incumbent Labour MP
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in April 2023. He finished third, behind Labour and Reform UK.
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