Lee Barron | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forCorby and East Northamptonshire | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Pursglove |
| Majority | 6,331 (12.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lee Jason Barron (1970-05-15)15 May 1970 (age 55) |
| Party | Labour |
Lee Jason Barron[1] (born 15 May 1970[2]) is a British politician andtrade unionist and who has been theMember of Parliament (MP) forCorby and East Northamptonshire since2024.[3]
Lee was raised in a working-class family inFar Cotton,Northampton, and went to Delapre Primary School.[4]
Lee left school at 16 to take up an apprenticeship atRoyal Mail as apostal worker.[4] He later became theCommunication Workers Union’s (CWU)Midlands Regional Secretary.[5]
After Lee’s time working for the CWU, he became theMidlands Regional Secretary for theTrade Union Congress (TUC) representing over 1 million workers.[4][5]
Lee has also been aNorthamptonmagistrate for over 20 years.[4][6]
Barron is a formerNorthamptonborough councillor and during this time was leader of the localLabour group.[4]
In 2012, Barron was selected as theLabour candidate for theNorthamptonshire 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.[4][6]
On 4 July 2024, Barron was elected asMP forCorby and East Northamptonshire, turning the incumbentConservativeTom Pursglove’s 10,268[7] majority into his own 6,331 majority.[8][9][10]
On 11 September 2024, Barron was elected as Chair of theAll-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Modernising Employment.[11]
In November 2024, Barron voted in favour of theTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legaliseassisted suicide.[12]
In aBBC 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".[13]
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