Linsey Farnsworth | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Amber Valley | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nigel Mills |
| Majority | 3,554 (8.3%) |
| Member of Amber Valley Borough Council for Kilburn,Denby,Holbrook and Horsley | |
| Assumed office 4 May 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Profession | Solicitor |
| Website | Official website |
Linsey Jayne Farnsworthis a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Amber Valley since 2024.
Farnsworth was raised in Erewash,Derbyshire and the first in her family to attend university. [1] Her father was a coal miner who,following mine closures,retrained as a bricklayer and her stepmother was a nurse. [2]
Qualifying as a solicitor in 2001, [3] Farnsworth worked as a criminal solicitor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for over two decades. [4] [5] During her tenure at the CPS,she prosecuted serious and organised crime as an international liaison prosecutor. [1]
In 2023,Farnsworth was elected as a Member of Amber Valley Borough Council for Kilburn,Denby,Holbrook and Horsley. [6] She became the first Labour councillor to represent the ward in over 20 years,and was also elected to the Parish Councils in Horsley and Kilburn.
Farnsworth was elected as MP for Amber Valley at the 2024 general election,defeating incumbent Conservative Nigel Mills. [7]
Farnsworth is married with children. [8]
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