Michael Payne | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2025 | |
Member of Parliament for Gedling | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Tom Randall |
Majority | 11,881 (24.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Richard Payne [1] Arnold,Nottinghamshire,England |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Michael Richard Payne is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gedling since 2024. [2] He has been a Nottinghamshire County councillor and deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council. [3]
He studied at Lancaster University, [4] where he became President of the Students' Union in 2009. [5]
Payne served as the deputy leader of the Local Government Association’s Labour Group for seven years before stepping down to concentrate on running to be the MP for Gedling. [6]
Payne is openly gay and is married to a fellow councillor. [7] In January 2024,Pink News reported that a Conservative council candidate had been suspended after using a homophobic slur directed at Payne in a social media discussion. [8]