Shaun Bailey (West Bromwich MP)

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Shaun Bailey
MP
Official portrait of Shaun Bailey MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament
for West Bromwich West
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byAdrian Bailey
Majority3,799 (11.0%)
Personal details
Born
Shaun Stephen Bailey

(1992-07-22) 22 July 1992 (age 29)
Stafford, England
Political partyConservative
ResidenceWednesbury, West Midlands
Alma materAberystwyth University
University of the West of England
Websitewww.shaunbailey.org.uk

Shaun Stephen Bailey (born 22 July 1992)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich West at the 2019 general election.[2]

Early life and career[]

Raised in Newport, Shropshire, in a single-parent family, Bailey attended Burton Borough School in Newport, Shropshire & studied for his A-Levels at Idsall School in Shifnal. After school he read Law and French at Aberystwyth University, graduating with an LLB, and began study for an LLM at the same institution but did not complete it. He instead studied for a master's degree in Legal Practice at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Prior to his election, Bailey worked as a trainee solicitor for Barclays Bank PLC.[3]

Political career[]

Prior to his election Bailey had a number of roles as an activist and volunteer in the Conservative Party. Bailey contested his first election in 2012 when he contested the Borth Ward on Ceredigion County Council.

In 2016 Bailey contested the Hester's Way Ward[4] on Cheltenham Borough Council and in 2017 he contested the Hester's Way and Springbank Division on Gloucestershire County Council.[5]

In 2019 Bailey was co-opted as a Councillor for the Chetwynd Aston Ward on Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote Parish Councillor[6] a post he held until 2020. Bailey's mother is also a Conservative Councillor on Newport (Shropshire) Town Council.[7]

In November 2019, Bailey was selected as the Conservative Party's Candidate for the West Bromwich West Constituency. At the 2019 general election, Bailey gained West Bromwich West from Labour for the Conservatives. It had been held by Labour since a 2000 by-election. He became the first Conservative to represent the seat since its creation in 1974. Aged 27, this was some years before Bailey was born. He won the constituency on an 11.7% swing from Labour to the Conservatives.[2]

Bailey currently serves on two Select Committees in Parliament, the Work and Pensions Select Committee (Since March 2020) and the influential Public Accounts Committee (Since November 2020).[8]

Bailey is also a supporter and member of the Blue Collar Conservative Caucus, which seeks to support working class communities who feel left behind by the Labour Party, and ensure that the government places these communities at the heart of its policy making.[9]

Electoral history[]

2019 UK General Election[]

General election 2019: West Bromwich West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shaun Bailey 17,419 50.5 +10.8
Labour James Cunningham 13,620 39.5 -12.6
Brexit Party Franco D'Aulerio 1,841 5.3 New
Liberal Democrats Flo Clucas 915 2.7 +1.8
Green Keir Williams 664 1.9 +1.0
Majority 3,799 11.0 N/A
Turnout 34,459 53.4 -1.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +11.7

2019 Newport Shropshire Town Council Election[11]

: Newport North Ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alan Lloyd 491 23.8 N/A
Conservative William Richard David (Bill) Harper 367 17.8 N/A
Conservative Susan Bailey 346 16.8 N/A
Conservative Shaun Stephen Bailey 306 14.8 N/A
Labour Phil Norton 286 13.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nick Garvey 268 13.0 N/A
Turnout 1,040 43 N/A
Independent hold Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Independent Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Labour Swing N/A

2017 Gloucestershire County Council Election[]

Hesters Way and Springbank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Theresa Williams 1,421 54.0 -1.0
Conservative Shaun Stephen Bailey 781 30.0 +7.0
Labour Clive Robert Harriss 203 8.0 -8.0
UKIP Barry George Lodge 125 5.0 +5.0
Green Dale Karl Campbell 86 3.0 +3.0
Majority 640 24 -6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2016 Cheltenham Borough Council Election[]

Hesters Way 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Louise Flynn 624 52.7 +1.1
Conservative Shaun Stephen Bailey 371 31.4 +6.8
Labour Rod Gay 107 9.0 -5.6
Green Malcolm Albert John Allison 60 5.1 n/a
TUSC Sam Coxson 21 1.8 -7.4
Majority 253 21.3 -5.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2012 Ceredigion County Council Election[]

Borth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ray Quant* 358 49.58 -7.11
Independent James Whitlock Davies 292 40.44 -2.86
Conservative Shaun Bailey 72 9.97 +9.97
Majority 66 9.14
Turnout 722
Independent hold Swing

Personal life[]

Bailey divides his time between his homes in Wednesbury and London.

References[]

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ a b "West Bromwich West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ Bond, Daniel (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". The House Magazine. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Election results for Hesters Way, 5 May 2016". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Election results for Cheltenham: Hesters Way and Springbank, 4 May 2017". glostext.gloucestershire.gov.uk. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Meetings | CHETWYND ASTON & WOODCOTE PARISH COUNCIL". CAWPC. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Newport Town Council - Councillors' page". www.newportshropshire-tc.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Public Accounts Committee - Membership - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. ^ "TEAM". BCC. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  10. ^ "West Bromwich West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  11. ^ [file:///C:/Users/baileys/Downloads/Parish_ALL_Declarations.pdf "Declarations of Result of Poll Parish and Town Councils Telford and Wrekin"] (PDF). May 2019. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West
2019–present 		Incumbent


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