Ben Coleman | |
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Member of Parliament for Chelsea and Fulham | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Greg Hands |
Majority | 152 (0.3%) |
Member of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council for Fulham Broadway 2014–2022,for Lillie from 2022 | |
Assumed office 22 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Website | bencoleman |
Benjamin John Coleman is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Chelsea and Fulham since 2024. He gained the seat from Conservative minister Greg Hands. [1]
He has been a Labour councillor on Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council since 2014,and was deputy leader of the council prior to his election to Parliament. [2] At the 2024 general election he became the first Labour MP to represent the Chelsea and Fulham constituency,defeating the incumbent Conservative Minister for London Greg Hands by 152 votes. [3]
PinkNews listed him as an out LGBTQ+ MP in 2024. [4] The Jewish Chronicle listed him as one of the new Jewish MPs in 2024. [5]
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