Lorraine Beavers Explained

Lorraine Beavers
Honorific-Suffix:	MP
Office:	Member of Parliament for Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Term Start:	4 July 2024
Predecessor:	Constituency established
Majority:	4,647 (11.1%)
Party:	Labour
Country:	United Kingdom

Lorraine Beavers is a British Labour Party politician who has been MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood since 2024.^[1]

Career

She is deputy leader of the Labour opposition group at both the Wyre and County authorities.^[2]

In the 2024 general election, she was elected unseating incumbent conservative Paul Maynard.^[3] She became the first MP from Fleetwood. Beavers won the traditionally Conservative seat after a strong performance by the Reform UK candidate who came third.^[4]

The Blackpool Gazette called Beavers "a well known figure in Fleetwood, having grown up in the town and served as a Labour councillor at town council, borough and county level."

Personal life

Beavers is the mother of two children.

Notes and References

1. News: Blackpool North and Fleetwood - General election results 2024 . BBC News .
2. Web site: Hunt . Richard . 21 August 2023 . Fleetwood's Labour councillor Lorraine Beavers selected as prospective parliamentary candidate for Blackpool North and Fleetwood . Blackpool Gazette.
3. Web site: MP’s pride at being first to come from Fleetwood after election win . 2024-07-11 . Coastal Radio DAB . en.
4. Web site: Hunt . Richard . 5 July 2024 . I'm so proud to be the first MP from Fleetwood: Labour candidate after Blackpool North and Fleetwood win . Blackpool Gazette.