Lee Barron

Lee Jason Barron (born 15 May 1970 ) is a British politician and trade unionist and who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Corby and East Northamptonshire since 2024.

Early life and career Lee was raised in a working-class family in Far Cotton, Northampton, and went to Delapre Primary School.

Lee left school at 16 to take up an apprenticeship at Royal Mail as a postal worker.

After Lee’s time working for the CWU, he became the Midlands Regional Secretary for the Trades Union Congress (TUC) representing over 1 million workers.

Political career Barron is a former Northampton borough councillor and during this time was leader of the local Labour group. majority into his own 6,331 majority.

On 11 September 2024, Barron was elected as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Modernising Employment.

In November 2024, Barron voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.

Personal life In a BBC radio debate before his election, Barron said he had always been a “Mod never a Rocker” and rides a "Vespa with 12 mirrors, eight spotlamps and continental whitewall tyres".