Editing Fabian Hamilton (section)

== Early life and career ==
Fabian Uziell-Hamilton was born on 12 April 1955 in London to a [[British Jewish]] family.<ref name="JC">{{cite news |title= New Jewish ministers and the Miliband rivalry|last= Elgot|first= Jessica|work= [[The Jewish Chronicle]]|date= 14 May 2010|access-date= 10 May 2015|url= http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/31823/new-jewish-ministers-and-miliband-rivalry}}</ref> His grandfather was a [[rabbi]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/136003/election-2015-fabian-hamilton-increases-majority-leeds-north-east | title=Election 2015: Fabian Hamilton increases majority in Leeds North East | work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] | date=8 May 2015 | access-date=10 May 2015 | last=Jackman|first= Josh}}</ref> His father Mario, a [[solicitor]], and his mother Adrianne, a [[judge]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-18773 | title=Hamilton, Fabian &#124; Who's WHO & WHO WAS WHO| doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U18773| isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref> were members of the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], for which his father was several times an election candidate. 

He was educated at [[Brentwood School (Brentwood, England)|Brentwood School]] in Essex where he participated in the school's dramatic productions, playing a minor role in the Shakespeare play ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' alongside [[Douglas Adams]] and [[Griff Rhys Jones]].<ref name="JC prog">{{cite book |title=Julius Caesar (programme) |date=1968 |publisher=Brentwood School |location=Brentwood}}</ref> He then attended the [[University of York]] where he was awarded a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.

From 1978, he worked as a [[hackney carriage|taxi driver]] for a year before working as a [[graphic design]]er. From 1994 until his election to parliament in 1997, he was a [[computer system]]s consultant with [[Apple Macintosh]] Computer Systems.

He was elected as a councillor to the [[City of Leeds]] Council in 1987, stepping down in 1998. He was elected as the chairman of the [[Leeds West]] [[Constituency Labour Party]] in 1987.