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Lee Jason Barron is a trade unionist and British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby and East Northamptonshire since 2024.
Early life and career
Lee was raised in a working-class family in Far Cotton, Northampton, and went to Delapre Primary School.
Lee left school at 16 to take up an apprenticeship at Royal Mail as a postal worker. He later became the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) Midlands Regional Secretary.
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.
Lee has also been a Northampton magistrate for over 20 years.
Political career
Barron is a former Northampton borough councillor and during this time was leader of the local Labour group.
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.
On 4 July 2024, Barron was elected as MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, turning the incumbent Conservative Tom Pursglove’s 10,268 majority into his own 6,331 majority.
On 11 September 2024, Barron was elected as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Modernising Employment.
Personal life
In 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".
References
External links
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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