Simon Pitkeathley, Baron Pitkeathley of Camden Town

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The Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
24 January 2025
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Simon William Bisson Pitkeathley

(1964-05-09) 9 May 1964 (age 60)
Political party Labour
Spouse
Miranda Pitcher
(m. 1996)
Children2
Parent
OccupationBusinessman

Simon William Bisson Pitkeathley, Baron Pitkeathley of Camden Town (born 9 May 1964), is a British businessman and life peer. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2025.

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Early life and family

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]

Career

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]

Pitkeathley was nominated for a life peerage in December 2024 by Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the Labour Party as part of the 2024 Political Peerages and was created as Baron Pitkeathley of Camden Town, of Tufnell Park in the London Borough of Islington on 24 January 2025. [2] [4]

Personal life

Pitkeathley married Miranda Pitcher in 1996, and they have two sons together. He and his wife later provided respite care to three fostered children. [5]

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References

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