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Liam Conlon | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Beckenham and Penge | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Majority | 12,905 (24.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Liam Joseph Conlon |
| Political party | Labour |
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Liam Joseph Conlon[1] is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, Conlon has served as the Member of Parliament for Beckenham and Penge since July 2024.[2] He is also chairperson of the Labour Party Irish Society.[3]
Career
[edit]In the 2006 Epping Forest District Council election, Conlon was the Labour candidate in Waltham Abbey Paternoster ward.[4]
In 2023, Conlon was selected by party members in Beckenham and Penge constituency to be their candidate,[5] and was elected with a majority of 12,905 over the Conservative candidate. Conlon received a £10,000 donation from Lord Alli towards his election campaign.[6] He is the first Labour MP to cover the whole town of Beckenham.
In August 2024 Conlon received two free tickets worth £1,660 to a Taylor Swift concert Wembley Stadium, at which Swift used a blue light escort reportedly negotiated by his mother, Sue Gray.[7]
Conlon was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport following his election.
Personal life
[edit]Conlon is the son of Bill Conlon, a former Country music singer, and his wife, former senior civil servant Sue Gray, who served as Downing Street Chief of Staff under Sir Keir Starmer from July to October 2024.[8] He had a hip replacement at the age of 17 due to an accident at the age of 13 where he fractured his hip; for years following the accident he was unable to walk. As a result of this, he is one of a handful of current disabled MPs, and drives an adapted car.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard. 752. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ Bertrand, Ezekiel (5 July 2024). "General Election 2024: Labour wins Beckenham and Penge". News Shopper. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Órla (3 July 2024). "Labour's Irish chair on running for parliament, the Troubles and... Saturdays with Philomena Begley". TheJournal. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Election results for Waltham Abbey Paternoster, 4 May 2006". www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Ambrose, Tom (30 November 2023). "Son of Labour chief of staff Sue Gray to stand for party as London MP". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "All the ways Lord Alli has helped Labour, from work clothes to overnight stays". i. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Sue Gray's son had free Taylor Swift tickets for gig where she 'intervened on star's police escort'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Sue Gray quits as Starmer resets top team". The Independent. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Órla (3 July 2024). "Labour's Irish chair on running for parliament, the Troubles and... Saturdays with Philomena Begley". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- 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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