Lee Barron (politician)
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2024) |
Lee Barron | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Corby and East Northamptonshire | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Pursglove |
| Majority | 6,331 (12.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Lee Jason Barron[1] is a trade unionist and British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby and East Northamptonshire since 2024.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]Lee was raised in a working-class family in Far Cotton, Northampton, and went to Delapre Primary School.[3]
Lee left school at 16 to take up an apprenticeship at Royal Mail as a postal worker.[3] He later became the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) Midlands Regional Secretary.[4]
After Lee’s time working for the CWU, he became the Midlands Regional Secretary for the Trade Union Congress (TUC) representing over 1 million workers.[3][4][4]
Lee has also been a Northampton magistrate for over 20 years.[3][5]
Political career
[edit]Barron is a former Northampton borough councillor and during this time was leader of the Labour group.[3]
In 2012, Barron was selected as the Labour candidate for the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election, but stood down after he was caught out by a rule change that made him and many other candidates ineligible.[3][5]
On 4 July 2024, Barron was elected as MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, turning the incumbent Conservative Tom Pursglove’s 10,268[6] majority into his own 6,331 majority.[7][8][9]
Personal life
[edit]In a BBC radio debate before his election, Barron said he had always been a “Mod never a Rocker” and rides a "Vespa with 12 mirrors, eight spotlamps and continental whitewall tyres".[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Corby & East Northants | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Labour candidate who wants to turn Corby red again at the next general election". Northamptonshire Telegraph. 14 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "New Midlands TUC Regional Secretary appointed". Trade Union Congress.
- ^ a b "Labour police commissioner candidate forced to quit over conviction". The Guardian. 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Election for the constituency of Corby on 12 December 2019". UK Parliament.
- ^ "Lee Barron". Who Can I Vote For?.
- ^ "Victorious Lee Barron pledges to 'give the people of Corby and East Northants a voice in Westminster'". Northamptonshire Telegraph.
- ^ "Corby and East Northamptonshire - General election results 2024". BBC News.
- ^ "Five takeaways from the Corby and East Northants debate". BBC News. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
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