Danny Beales | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forUxbridge and South Ruislip | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Tuckwell |
| Majority | 587 (1.3%) |
| Member ofCamden Borough Council forCamden Square Cantelowes (2014–2022) | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 12 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Braithwaite |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Leman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Danny Boy Beales 1988 (age 37–38) Hillingdon, London, England |
| Party | Labour |
| Education | London School of Economics (BSc,MSc) |
Danny Boy Beales (born 1988) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament forUxbridge and South Ruislip since2024.[1] A member of theLabour Party, he was previously a member ofCamden London Borough Council from2014 until his election to Parliament.[2][3]
Danny Boy Beales[4] was born in 1988[5][6] atHillingdon Hospital.[7] He was raised inSouth Ruislip by his mother, a single parent.[7] He was made homeless twice while a teenager, both times after his mother was made redundant from work, living for a while with his grandparents inNorthampton, and then in acouncil house in the area. He benefitted from anEducation Maintenance Allowance (EMA), allowing him to complete his A-Levels. He joined theLabour Party around this time, frustrated by the financial difficulties his family faced.[8][9] Beales studied politics and social policy at theLondon School of Economics.[9]
Following his studies, Beales went on to work in campaigning and communications with the Labour Party.[9]
He was first elected at the2014 Camden London Borough Council election, and was re-elected at the next two subsequent council elections. Beales was initially elected to representCantelowes, unseating the ward's soleLiberal Democrat councillor. Cantelowes was abolished for the2022 elections,[10] and Beales was subsequently elected for theCamden Square ward.[11] He was a governor atTorriano Primary School, on his local street.[12][13]
Since his election, Beales has been one of the most high-profile councillors, with the local paper writing of him, "With an ever-expanding brief, Cllr Beales has been there for every Camden policy, every flashpoint."[3] He is quoted nearly every week in the local press.[2]
Beales served asCamden Council's Cabinet Member for New Homes, Jobs and Community Investment. In this role he was responsible for the Community Investment Programmes which is Camden's estate regeneration and property development programme.[14] CIP - and Beales personally - has been criticised on a cross-party basis for failing to meet its own target for building council homes and for allowing private developers to 'seize' part of sites for their own use.[15]
He supported adding a pedestrian crossing in Camden with thetransgender flag, the first of its kind in London.[16]
Beales resigned from being a Camden councillor on 12 July 2024, a week after being elected as an MP.[17]
In December 2022, Beales was selected as the Labour candidate forUxbridge and South Ruislip to become the candidate atthe by-election, which was announced less than a day after the constituency's MP, former Prime MinisterBoris Johnson, had resigned. This was just prior to the publication of theCommons Privileges Committee investigation into Johnson's involvement inPartygate.[18][5] Beales then began campaigning with the party's national campaign co-ordinator,Shabana Mahmood.[19] He remained a Camden Council Cabinet Member throughout the by-election.
During campaigning, Beales challenged theMayor of LondonSadiq Khan's policy to expand theUltra Low Emission Zone into outer London, including Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Beales suggested the scheme should be delayed, while the successfulConservative candidate,Steve Tuckwell, wanted to scrap the scheme completely.[20][21]
Beales was reselected as the Labour candidate for the2024 general election. This time, he won narrowly over Tuckwell, defeating him by 587 votes.[1]
In November 2024, Beales voted in favour of theTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legaliseassisted suicide.[22]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Danny Beales | 2,002 | 56.1 | +23.1 | |
| Labour | Phil Jones * | 1,966 | 55.1 | +16.1 | |
| Labour | Angela Mason * | 1,899 | 53.3 | +13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Braithwaite * | 725 | 20.3 | −17.2 | |
| Green | Fran Bury | 639 | 17.9 | +3.7 | |
| Green | Fiona Ann Firman | 632 | 17.7 | +8.8 | |
| Green | Victoria Green | 546 | 15.3 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative | Robyn Gardner | 375 | 10.5 | −3.0 | |
| Conservative | Robert Anthony Ricketts | 361 | 10.1 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Jackson-Roberts | 355 | 10.0 | −22.0 | |
| Conservative | Will Timmins | 346 | 9.7 | −2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Felicity Jane Sinclair Jones | 344 | 9.6 | −19.1 | |
| Turnout | 10,221 | 40.6 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Angela Mason * | 1,829 | 59.8 | +6.5 | |
| Labour | Danny Beales * | 1,780 | 58.2 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Ranjit Singh | 1,503 | 49.1 | −6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Wakefield Hays | 804 | 26.3 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher William Hattam | 488 | 16.0 | +6.0 | |
| Green | Fran Bury | 449 | 14.7 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Max Karasinski | 442 | 14.5 | +4.9 | |
| Green | Catherine Anee Keshishian | 435 | 14.2 | −3.5 | |
| Green | Trevor O'Farrell | 301 | 9.8 | −5.5 | |
| Conservative | Ben Tansey | 276 | 9.0 | −1.5 | |
| Conservative | Robert Fox | 270 | 8.8 | −1.3 | |
| Conservative | Alexi Susiluoto | 240 | 7.8 | −1.9 | |
| Turnout | 36.19 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Danny Beales† | 1,309 | 74.0 | |
| Labour | Sagal Abdiwali | 1,275 | 72.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Wright | 244 | 13.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Nicholson | 218 | 12.3 | |
| Conservative | Catherine McQueen | 180 | 10.2 | |
| Conservative | Jack Tinley | 146 | 8.3 | |
| Turnout | 1,769 | 31.8 | ||
| Labourwin (new seat) | ||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Tuckwell | 13,965 | 45.2 | −7.4 | |
| Labour | Danny Beales | 13,470 | 43.6 | +6.0 | |
| Green | Sarah Green | 893 | 2.9 | +0.7 | |
| Reclaim | Laurence Fox | 714 | 2.3 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Blaise Baquiche | 526 | 1.7 | −4.6 | |
| SDP | Steve Gardner | 248 | 0.8 | New | |
| Independent | Kingsley Hamilton Anti-Ulez | 208 | 0.7 | New | |
| Count Binface | Count Binface | 190 | 0.6 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | No-Ulez Leo Phaure | 186 | 0.6 | New | |
| Rejoin EU | Richard Hewison | 105 | 0.3 | New | |
| Let London Live | Piers Corbyn | 101 | 0.3 | New | |
| Independent | Cameron Bell | 91 | 0.3 | New | |
| CPA | Enomfon Ntefon | 78 | 0.3 | New | |
| UKIP | Rebecca Jane | 61 | 0.2 | −0.4 | |
| Climate | Ed Gemmell | 49 | 0.2 | New | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 32 | 0.1 | −0.2 | |
| Independent | 77 Joseph | 8 | < 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 495 | 1.6 | −13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 30,925 | 46.2 |  17.3 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Danny Beales | 16,599 | 36.2 | –0.8 | |
| Conservative | Steve Tuckwell | 16,012 | 34.9 | –17.7 | |
| Reform | Tim Wheeler | 6,610 | 14.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Sarah Green | 4,354 | 9.5 | +6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Rex-Hawkes | 1,752 | 3.8 | –2.8 | |
| TUSC | Gary Harbord | 223 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| SDP | Stephen Gardner | 200 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Geoff Courtenay | 164 | 0.4 | –0.2 | |
| Majority | 587 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 45,914 | 61.4 | –6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,746 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing |  8.5 | |||
