Linsey Farnsworth Explained

Office:Member of Parliament
for Amber Valley
Predecessor:Nigel Mills
Term Start:4 July 2024
Majority:3,554 (8.3%)
Party:Labour
Honorific Prefix:Cllr
Office2:Member of Amber Valley Borough Council
for Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook and Horsley
Termstart2:4 May 2023
Profession:Solicitor

Linsey Jayne Farnsworth is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Amber Valley since 2024.

Early life and career

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.

Political career

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]

Personal life

Farnsworth is married with children.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About . 2024-07-16 . Linsey . en-GB.
  2. News: Hargreaves . Belinda . 27 June 2024 . Statements from General Election candidates for Amber Valley . 11 July 2024 . Spirit of Alfreton.
  3. Web site: Linsey Jayne Farnsworth . 11 July 2024 . The Law Society.
  4. News: Baynes . Chris . 11 September 2018 . Pair who tortured and murdered 74-year-old shopkeeper jailed for life . 11 July 2024 . The Independent.
  5. News: Torr . George . 9 July 2024 . New MPs at Westminster 'can't wait to get started' . 11 July 2024 . BBC News.
  6. Web site: Amber Valley’s Parliamentary candidates outline their hopes for the constituency . https://web.archive.org/web/20240706134242/https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/amber-valleys-parliamentary-candidates-outline-their-hopes-for-the-constituency-4686757 . 2024-07-06 . 2024-07-08.
  7. News: 2024-07-05 . Amber Valley results in full as Labour beats Tories after 14 years . 2024-07-05 . Derbyshire Live . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  8. Web site: Cooper . Jon . July 9, 2024 . Amber Valley and Mid Derbyshire’s new Labour MPs aim to bring in new opportunities . Derbyshire Times.