“Why not let the main parties wither? Because I know of no better vehicle than the political party to enable those with common values to come together and reach a position on issues that can then be offered up as a choice of programmes for voters.”

British businessman and former politician

Chuka Umunna is a British businessman and former politician. Born in 1978, he served as the Labour MP for Streatham from 2010 to 2019 and was a member of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He is known for his role in British politics during a period of party change and realignment. In 2019 he left Labour to help form The Independent Group, later Change UK, then moved on to the Liberal Democrats after a brief period as an independent MP. He was not re-elected in the 2019 general election and did not return to the House of Commons.