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Shaun Bailey | |
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Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Adrian Bailey |
Majority | 3,799 (11.0%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Shaun Stephen Bailey 22 July 1992 Stafford,England |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Aberystwyth University University of the West of England |
Website | www |
Shaun “Sean”/“Shorn”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. Prior to his political career,he was a trainee solicitor.
Bailey 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]
In 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]
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