Georgia Gould

Georgia Anne Rebuck Gould (born 18 May 1986) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Queen's Park and Maida Vale since the 2024 general election. She has served as Minister of State for School Standards since 2025.

Gould served as Leader of Camden Council from 2017 until 2024. A councillor from 2010 to 2024, she chaired the London Councils association from 2020 until 2024. Following the 2024 general election, Gould was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.

As the daughter of two life peers she is styled The Honourable for life.

Early life Gould was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, in 1986. Her mother is Gail Rebuck, Baroness Rebuck, chair of Penguin Random House UK and a Labour peer. Owing to her background, Gould has been labelled a "red princess" by the media. Through her mother, she is Jewish, and is a member of the Jewish Labour Movement.

She grew up in Kentish Town, north west London; Gould and her younger sister, Grace, attended a local comprehensive secondary school, Camden School for Girls. She has spoken of growing up in a "tribal Labour household"; holidays were spent with Alastair Campbell and his wife Fiona Millar, Tessa Jowell, and the family of Tony Blair. Whilst at Oxford, she succeeded Blair's son Nicky, a childhood friend, as secretary of the Oxford University Labour Club.

Career

Camden Council Before becoming an elected politician, Gould worked for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation as a digital manager.

Gould became the leader of Camden Council in May 2017. In December 2019, under Gould's leadership, a FOI request revealed that Veolia, a Camden Council contractor for waste removal have never met their cleanliness targets; yet for the two previous years, the firm was only fined 0.5% from their £11.6 million payment for street cleaning. It was said that this pointed "to a local authority who have lost control of their contractor." Gould resigned as a Camden councillor, and Leader of Camden Council, in July 2024, after becoming an MP.

Author Gould authored the book Wasted: How Misunderstanding Young Britain Threatens Our Future, which was published by Little, Brown Book Group in February 2015. Reviewing it in The Observer, Bidisha described the book as "an easy-to-read manifesto that debunks the derogatory tabloid stereotype of useless, narcissistic hoodies, thugs, yobs and chavs." Bidisha wrote that Wasted was "inspiring", whilst noting of Gould that "she is not a natural writer and Wasted has a tendency to sound like a standard, sweeping speech".

Member of Parliament In May 2009, Gould lost out in her attempt to become Labour's parliamentary candidate for Erith and Thamesmead, a safe seat for the party, finishing third, behind victor Teresa Pearce.

In May 2024, prior to the general election on 4 July, Gould was selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Queen's Park and Maida Vale, a newly created constituency which borders her borough of Camden.

In the 2025 British cabinet reshuffle, Gould was appointed to the Department for Education. In July 2026, she was reappointed to the new government as Minister of State by Andy Burnham.

She is a member of the Fabian Society.

Personal life Gould is an active member of West London Synagogue, a Reform synagogue. Zatman, a civil servant at the time of his marriage, was appointed as a special advisor to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall in August 2024. He left in April 2025, to work for Teneo, for whom he is a lobbyist. Gould took maternity leave from public office in autumn 2023.

Honours In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours list, Gould was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to Local Government.