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Lee Barron (politician)
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 careerLee 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] Lee has also been a Northampton magistrate for over 20 years.[3][5] Political careerBarron is a former Northampton borough councillor and during this time was leader of the local 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] On 11 September 2024, Barron was elected as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Modernising Employment.[10] In November 2024, Barron voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[11] Personal lifeIn 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".[12] References
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