Steve Tuckwell

Councillor
Steve Tuckwell
Councillor Steve Tuckwell
	Official portrait, 2023
Member of Parliament; for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
	In office; 20 July 2023 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Boris Johnson
Succeeded by	Danny Beales
Member of Hillingdon London Borough Council for South Ruislip
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2018
Personal details
Born	Steven Tuckwell; 1968 or 1969 (age 55–56); Hillingdon, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Children	2
Education	Bishop Ramsey School

Steven Tuckwell (born 1968 or 1969)^[1] is a British politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in Greater London after a 2023 by-election, in which he succeeded Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A member of the Conservative Party, he has also sat on Hillingdon Borough Council since 2018.

He lost his seat in the 2024 general election to Labour's Danny Beales, whom he had narrowly defeated in the 2023 by-election.

Early life and career before Parliament

Steven Tuckwell^[2] was born in Hillingdon Hospital. His family have lived in Hillingdon for three generations. He attended local schools including Bishop Ramsey School in Ruislip.^[3]^[4]

Tuckwell previously worked as a manager for Royal Mail.^[3] In the May 2018 election, he was elected a Conservative councillor for the ward of South Ruislip on Hillingdon London Borough Council.^[5]^[3]^[6] At the time of his election to parliament, he worked for a vehicle leasing company.^[1]

Parliamentary career

Tuckwell won the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in a by-election held on 20 July 2023 following the resignation of former prime minister Boris Johnson, who had represented the constituency for the Conservative Party since the 2015 general election.^[7]

Tuckwell described the by-election as a "referendum on ULEZ", opposing the planned expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) by Sadiq Khan, the Labour mayor of London,^[3] and he ran a "one-issue campaign" that avoided mention of his own party.^[8] Danny Beales, the Labour by-election candidate, also criticised the expansion.^[9] Labour leader Keir Starmer blamed the policy for the party's failure to take the seat.^[10]

He was sworn in as an MP on 5 September 2023 following the summer break alongside Sarah Dyke and Keir Mather.^[11] Dyke, a Liberal Democrat, was elected to serve Somerton and Frome, and Mather, of the Labour Party, was elected for Selby and Ainsty in two by-elections held the same day as Tuckwell's.

Tuckwell was defeated by Beales at the 2024 general election.^[12]