Earley and Woodley Labour Party The Earley and Woodley Labour Party
Yuan Yang MP
Yuan is Earley and Woodley constituency’s first ever Member of Parliament
The new constituency covers south Reading (Whitley and Church), Earley, Woodley, and Shinfield.
As an economist and former Financial Times journalist, Yuan spent her career holding people in power accountable for bad behaviour. That’s why she campaigned for a Labour victory, to hold the government to account for 14 years of mismanagement of our economy and for defunding essential public services.
Meet Yuan
I’m Yuan, Earley and Woodley’s first Member of Parliament. I live in Earley with my family, and as your MP – I will stay rooted here and serve our community tirelessly. My parents came to the UK when I was four years old with very little. I started primary school not knowing how to speak English – but I got a great education and went on to attend a brilliant university. We eventually settled in Earley and built our lives here.
I’m a local activist with a national platform, as a journalist and seasoned campaigner. I founded an education charity, called Rethinking Economics, that’s trained and mobilised thousands of activists. Now, ten years on, the charity is serving students in over a hundred universities around the world.
I’m an economist, who went to university during the financial crisis, and started work during the recession. That’s why I’m so passionate about economic justice: I see the pointless damage the Tories have done through fourteen years of austerity, and I’m determined to change things.
Now, when our country is at a breaking point, is when we most need a vision for a better future, with an economy that serves people and the planet. I’m dedicated to delivering that vision.
I’m delivering a fresh start for our new constituency of Earley, Woodley, south Reading, and Shinfield.