Gloria De Piero (born 21 December 1972) is a British television and radio presenter, and former Labour Party politician. Prior to her political career, she was the political editor of GMTV. A member of the Labour Party, she was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in 2010. She held positions in the Opposition frontbench under the leadership of both Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. This included being the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities between October 2013 and September 2015, and the Shadow Justice Minister between July 2017 and July 2019. She announced her decision to step down from politics at the same time as she quit the Labour frontbench in July 2019. In 2020, she co-presented Talkradio's Sunday morning political programme alongside Alexis Conran. From July 2020 until May 2021 she presented her own programme on Times Radio on Friday mornings, and co-presented the Sunday morning political programme G&T alongside Tom Newton Dunn. In 2021 she moved to GB News where she works as a presenter. Early life De Piero was born on 21 December 1972 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England to Giorgio and Maddalena De Piero. Her parents are Italian immigrants who moved to the United Kingdom to work in Bradford's textile mills. Her father had a mental health crisis when she was around the age of nine. This resulted in him requiring admissions to psychiatric hospitals throughout her childhood. His mental health meant that he could not continue to work, and De Piero's mother gave up her job to look after him, and the family lived on benefits. She attended Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College where she obtained five GCSEs, and Bradford College where she gained two D A Levels. During her youth, De Piero was a member of Socialist Organiser, and joined the Labour Party's student wing Labour Students at the age of 18. De Piero then studied sociology at the University of Central England (now Birmingham City University) and the University of Westminster, graduating with a first. She was involved in the Labour Students' campaign in 1996–1997 as one of its national officers based in London. After the 1997 general election which resulted in the Labour Party winning in a landslide, De Piero applied for several government positions including as a special adviser, parliamentary researcher, and at left-wing think tanks but failed to gain employment. Media career De Piero worked as