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Lorraine Beavers

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Lorraine Beavers
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority4,647 (11.1%)
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Lorraine Beavers is a British Labour Party politician who has been MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood since 2024.[1]

Career

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Prior to her election to Parliament, she served as the deputy leader of the Labour opposition group at both the Wyre and County authorities.[2]

In the 2024 general election, she was elected unseating incumbent Conservative Paul Maynard.[3] She became the first MP from Fleetwood. Beavers won the traditionally Conservative seat after a strong performance by the Reform UK candidate who came third.[4]

The Blackpool Gazette called Beavers "a well known figure in Fleetwood, having grown up in the town and served as a Labour councillor at town council, borough and county level."[4]

Personal life

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Beavers is the mother of two children.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Blackpool North and Fleetwood - General election results 2024". BBC News.
  2. ^ a b Hunt, Richard (21 August 2023). "Fleetwood's Labour councillor Lorraine Beavers selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Blackpool North and Fleetwood". Blackpool Gazette.
  3. ^ "MP's pride at being first to come from Fleetwood after election win". Coastal Radio DAB. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ^ a b Hunt, Richard (5 July 2024). "I'm so proud to be the first MP from Fleetwood: Labour candidate after Blackpool North and Fleetwood win". Blackpool Gazette.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament
for Blackpool North and Fleetwood

2024–present
Incumbent