British politician Jeremy Corbyn has been married to his Laura Alvarez after already having two failed marriages. Details about his love life explored.
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
He served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialist. He has been a Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983.
Away from his political profession which spans over a decade, he often makes headlines for his love and personal life. Here’s what we know about his wives.
Who is Jeremy Corbyn married to?
Jeremy Corbyn is on his third marriage – meaning the ex-party leader has been married three times.
The names of his wives, from the 1st to the 3rd and current, are Jane Chapman, Claudia Bracchitta, and Laura Alvarez.
At age 25, Jeremy Corbyn married his first wife, Jane Chapman, his fellow Labour councilor and university lecturer.
The couple’s marriage took place in 1974 and they stayed married for more than four years before they decided to split.
The pair divorced just five years later, with her claiming his “joyless” approach to life wrecked their marriage and saying he cared more about campaigning than her needs.
He stayed 8 years without a wife but all those while he was in a relationship with his Labour colleague Diane Abbott in 1979. Their relationship reportedly broke down for the same reason his first marriage fell apart – politics always came first. While their romantic relationship didn’t last long, they remain close friends and a professional alliance.
He had his second marriage at age 38. His wife number 2 is Claudia Bracchitta, the granddaughter of famous diplomat Ricardo Bracchitta.
Corbyn and Bracchitta were married for 12 years from 1987 to 1999. They had three children, all sons before they divorced. Their separation resulted from a disagreement involving their son, Benjamin, as she wanted him to attend Queen Elizabeth’s grammar school in Barnet – nine miles from their home in Islington, but the politician didn’t agree as it would go against his politics – despite attending one himself.
Corbyn waited four years before marrying his current spouse, Laura Alvarez.
The politician’s third and current wife, whom he married in 2013, tends to avoid the spotlight wherever possible.
The couple met in 1999 when Ms Alvarez’s older sister Marcela was living in London with her daughter Jasmin, then seven. Corbyn helped Marcela get her child who was abducted by her estranged back and their relationship grew from there into a romantic one.
Jeremy and Laura have remained married for a decade now.
Who is Jane Chapman, Jeremy Corbyn’s first wife?
Jane Chapman is a British academic, professor of communications at the University of Lincoln, a research associate, and a former fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge.
She is the author of twelve books and over 35 academic articles and book chapters.
During the latter years of Chapman and Corbyn’s marriage, everything turned sour.
The pair divorced just five years later, with her claiming his “joyless” approach to life wrecked their marriage and saying he cared more about campaigning than her needs.
She voted for his rival Owen Smith in the Labour leadership election in 2016, saying she had been “so saddened and really upset” by some of his views.
She told the Telegraph: “My heart and soul is still very much with what he stands for and those experiences…it was the first romance … but then another part of me says things have moved on.
“He hasn’t actually changed much politically … but that begs the question, are the politics of the 1970s relevant to the 21st century and post-Brexit Britain?”
Who is Claudia Bracchitta, Jeremy Corbyn’s second wife?
Claudia Bracchitta was politician Jeremy Corbyn’s second spouse and the mother of three of his four children.
Born in Chile, Claudia is the granddaughter of famous diplomat Ricardo Bracchitta.
When the couple divorced after 12 years of marriage Claudia gave chilling remarks about the politician. She said: “I am concerned Jeremy has been portrayed as a hard-left MP who couldn’t care about his children, which is absolutely not the truth. I was put across as the pushy parent who wanted a grammar school place for her son and nothing else.
“It isn’t a story about making a choice but about having no choice. I couldn’t send Ben to a school where I knew he wouldn’t be happy.
“Whereas Jeremy was able to make one sort of decision, I wasn’t. It’s a position you are pushed into rather than one you choose.”
In an interview with the Guardian in 2015, Corbyn said they still “get on well”.
Who is Laura Alvarez, Jeremy Corbyn’s third and current wife?
Laura Alvarez is the current wife of British politician Jeremy Corbyn.
She is a banker and human rights lawyer from Mexico.
Laura is part of the Organise Corbyn Inspired Socialist Alliance group on Facebook.
The couple married at the Hacienda Panoaya, an estate with its own chapel, in 2012.
They live in his terrace house in Finsbury Park, North London, which would cost around £1 million to buy, with a cat called ‘El Gato’.
Laura is known to share her husband’s political beliefs. The couple enjoys nights eating vegetarian food grown on his allotment, drinking the odd glass of wine, and watching EastEnders.