Steven is a business consultant with the Government’s Financial Services Authority and will fight the Tory-held Wantage-Didcot-Wallingford parliamentary seat for Labour at the next General Election.
Steven is a life-long supporter of the Labour Party, was brought up in London with his brother, by their mother, following the early death of his father.
Mr Mitchell lives with his partner and baby daughter in St Albans.
Steven has wide experience in business and industry. He has successfully delivered multi million pound projects on time and on budget, showing he possesses qualities which can make a difference for local people. He was educated at Manchester University With a background in project engineering, applied to oil, gas and marine safety projects. Steven has worked in many parts of the world for many companies, including North Africa, Brazil the Amazon Jungle and Alaska as well as Europe. His career has also taken him to the US, Australia, Korea and Japan, where he worked as an English teacher.
More recently, as a freelance consultant he has been working on an Internet based project with the FSA. Steven is an experienced scuba diver, having completed more than 500 dives as a qualified instructor. He is also a keen cyclist, clocking up around 150 miles per week.