Steve Yemm | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forMansfield | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Bradley |
| Majority | 3,485 (8.5%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Yemm January 1964 (age 61) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham (BSc) |
Stephen Yemm (born January 1964)[1] is a BritishLabour Party politician who has beenMember of Parliament forMansfield since 2024.
Yemm received aBachelor of Science degree in Applied Chemistry from theUniversity of Nottingham.[2]
He was the Labour candidate in the 2011Mansfield mayoral election, and defeated byMansfield Independent Forum candidateTony Egginton by a majority of 67 votes onsecond preference voting.
Prior to becoming an MP, Yemm worked inIT and was a long-term chairman of Mansfield's local Labour group between 2008 and 2017.[3][4]
In March 2023 Yemm was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Mansfield.[5]
Yemm was elected asMember of Parliament forMansfield at the2024 general election, defeating his Conservative predecessorBen Bradley.[6][7]
In January 2025, Yemm called on the UK Government to release surplus funds from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme to support former mineworkers and their families. This followed the government's earlier decision to release £1.5 billion from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.[8]
In April 2025, Yemm apologised and referred himself to theParliamentary Commissioner for Standards after failing to declare a £10,000 donation from Power Saving Solutions while praising the company in a House of Commons speech about construction standards.[9][10]
Yemm has three adult daughters with his wife,[4] a consultant radiographer atKings Mill Hospital. He has lived in Mansfield all his life.[11]
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