Shaun Bailey (West Bromwich MP)
Shaun Stephen Bailey (born 22 July 1992)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich West from 2019 until 2024.
Shaun Bailey | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West | |
| In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Adrian Bailey |
| Succeeded by | Constituency aborted |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office | |
| In office September 2022 – July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shorn Stephen Bailey 22 July 1992 Stafford, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Aberystwyth University University of the West of England |
| Website | www |
Early life and career
editBailey grew up in Telford and Newport in Shropshire where he and his sister were raised by their mother.[2] He attended Burton Borough School[3] in Newport and studied for his A-Levels at Idsall School in Shifnal. He joined the Conservative Party when he was 15.[2] Bailey studied Law and French at Aberystwyth University, graduating with an LLB and later obtained a master's degree in Legal Practice at the University of the West of England in Bristol. After graduating he worked as a paralegal before becoming a trainee solicitor for Barclays in 2019.[4]
Political career
editIn the 2012 Ceredigion County Council election, he was the Conservative candidate for Borth ward and finished in last place.[5] Bailey contested as the Conservative candidate for the Hesters Way and Springbank ward of the Gloucestershire County Council in the 2017 election where he finished in second place.[6] He was selected as the Conservative candidate for West Bromwich West on 9 November 2019.[7] Bailey was elected as MP in the 2019 general election with a majority of 3,799 (11.0%).[8] The seat had previously been held by Labour and Co-operative MP Adrian Bailey since the 2000 by-election and had been previously held by the former Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd before that.[9] Adrian Bailey had chosen to stand down in October 2019 prior to the general election.[10]
Bailey made his maiden speech on 30 January 2020 where he paid tribute to his mother who he called a "fighter" who inspired him to become a politician and his predecessors Bailey and Boothroyd.[11] He has been a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee since March 2020 and was a member of the Public Accounts Committee between November 2020 and October 2022.[12] Bailey is a supporter of Blue Collar Conservatism.[13] He was a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Cabinet Office between July and September 2022.[14]
From September 2022 to June 2024, Bailey was a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office.
After Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister in October 2022, he supported former PM Boris Johnson's bid in the October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election who had resigned in July 2022.[15] He had previously backed Truss in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election and had withdrawn his support for Johnson as PM in July after the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.[16][17]
Following the abolition of the West Bromwich West constituency, Bailey stood as a candidate in Tipton and Wednesbury for the 2024 general election, but lost his seat to Labour's Antonia Bance.
References
edit- ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ a b Storer, Rhi (15 October 2021). "Council houses are as good as any – Shaun Bailey MP on levelling up in the Black Country". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Tooley, David (10 March 2022). "Students takeover Shropshire school to learn about applying for jobs". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". PoliticsHome. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Ceredigion". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Details for Cheltenham: Hesters Way and Springbank". Gloucestershire County Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ @Shaun4WBW (9 November 2019). "Honoured to have been selected as the @Conservatives Parliamentary Candidate for West Bromwich West" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Election result for West Bromwich West". UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "West Bromwich: Labour victory in former speaker's seat". The Guardian. 24 November 2000. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Labour MP Adrian Bailey standing down at upcoming general election". Express & Star. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Madeley, Peter (30 January 2020). "West Bromwich MP Shaun Bailey opens up on domestic abuse in maiden speech". Express & Star. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Parliamentary career for Shaun Bailey". Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Team". Blue Collar Conservativism. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Madeley, Peter (9 July 2022). "Three Black Country MPs handed government roles after staying loyal to Boris Johnson". Express & Star. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Guttridge, Richard (21 October 2022). "'Bring back Boris' – West Midlands MPs say Johnson should make spectacular return". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Rowe, Nathan (6 July 2022). "Tory MP Shaun Bailey can 'no longer support Boris Johnson's leadership'". Express & Star. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ @Shaun4WBW (2 September 2022). "It's the last day to vote in the @Conservatives Leadership election today! I've backed Liz Truss because she has the plan to get us through these tough times and the vision to make our country even better!" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Twitter.
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