Simon Pitkeathley | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assuming office TBD | |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon William Bisson Pitkeathley 9 May 1964 |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Miranda Pitcher (m. 1996) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Thomas Pitkeathley Jill Pitkeathley |
Occupation | Businessman |
Simon William Bisson Pitkeathley (born 9 May 1964) is a British businessman who is due to be conferred with a life peerage.
Simon William Bisson Pitkeathley was born on 9 May 1964, to Thomas Pitkeathley and Jill Pitkeathley. His parents divorced in 1978, and Simon Pitkeathley was brought up in a single parent household by his mother. He has one sister, Rachel Pitkeathley. [1]
He is the Chief Executive of Camden Town Unlimited and Euston Town, and was formerly the Mayor of London's Champion for Small Business. [2]
Pitkeathley unsuccessfully sought to be the Labour Party candidate for the constituency of Holborn and St Pancras in 2014, but Keir Starmer was ultimately selected. [3]
He was nominated for a life peerage in December 2024 by Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the Labour Party. [2]
Pitkeathley married Miranda Pitcher in 1996, and they have two sons together. He and his wife later provided respite care to three fostered children. [4]
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