Danny Beales

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Danny Boy Beales (born 1988) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2024.[1] A member of the Labour Party, he was previously a member of Camden London Borough Council from 2014 until his election to Parliament.[2][3]

Preceded bySteve Tuckwell
Majority587 (1.3%)
Preceded byPaul Braithwaite
Succeeded byPatricia Leman
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Danny Beales
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded bySteve Tuckwell
Majority587 (1.3%)
Member of Camden Borough Council
for Camden Square
Cantelowes (2014–2022)
In office
22 May 2014 – 12 July 2024
Preceded byPaul Braithwaite
Succeeded byPatricia Leman
Personal details
BornDanny Boy Beales
1988 (age 37–38)
Hillingdon, London, England
PartyLabour
EducationLondon School of Economics (BSc, MSc)
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Early life

Danny Boy Beales[4] was born in 1988[5][6] at Hillingdon Hospital.[7] He was raised in South Ruislip by his mother, a single parent.[7] He was made homeless twice while a teenager, both times after his mother was made redundant from work, living for a while with his grandparents in Northampton, and then in a council house in the area. He benefitted from an Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), allowing him to complete his A-Levels. He joined the Labour Party around this time, frustrated by the financial difficulties his family faced.[8][9] Beales studied politics and social policy at the London School of Economics.[9]

Political career

Camden Council

Following his studies, Beales went on to work in campaigning and communications with the Labour Party.[9]

He was first elected at the 2014 Camden London Borough Council election, and was re-elected at the next two subsequent council elections. Beales was initially elected to represent Cantelowes, unseating the ward's sole Liberal Democrat councillor. Cantelowes was abolished for the 2022 elections,[10] and Beales was subsequently elected for the Camden Square ward.[11] He was a governor at Torriano Primary School, on his local street.[12][13]

Since his election, Beales has been one of the most high-profile councillors, with the local paper writing of him, "With an ever-expanding brief, Cllr Beales has been there for every Camden policy, every flashpoint."[3] He is quoted nearly every week in the local press.[2]

Beales served as Camden Council's Cabinet Member for New Homes, Jobs and Community Investment. In this role he was responsible for the Community Investment Programmes which is Camden's estate regeneration and property development programme.[14] CIP - and Beales personally - has been criticised on a cross-party basis for failing to meet its own target for building council homes and for allowing private developers to 'seize' part of sites for their own use.[15]

He supported adding a pedestrian crossing in Camden with the transgender flag, the first of its kind in London.[16]

Beales resigned from being a Camden councillor on 12 July 2024, a week after being elected as an MP.[17]

Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election

In December 2022, Beales was selected as the Labour candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip to become the candidate at the by-election, which was announced less than a day after the constituency's MP, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had resigned. This was just prior to the publication of the Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Johnson's involvement in Partygate.[18][5] Beales then began campaigning with the party's national campaign co-ordinator, Shabana Mahmood.[19] He remained a Camden Council Cabinet Member throughout the by-election.

During campaigning, Beales challenged the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's policy to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone into outer London, including Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Beales suggested the scheme should be delayed, while the successful Conservative candidate, Steve Tuckwell, wanted to scrap the scheme completely.[20][21]

2024 general election

Beales was reselected as the Labour candidate for the 2024 general election. This time, he won narrowly over Tuckwell, defeating him by 587 votes.[1]

In November 2024, Beales voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[22]

Personal life

Beales is a gay man.[23][24]

Electoral results

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2014 Camden local election - Cantelowes ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danny Beales 2,002 56.1 +23.1
Labour Phil Jones * 1,966 55.1 +16.1
Labour Angela Mason * 1,899 53.3 +13.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Braithwaite * 725 20.3 −17.2
Green Fran Bury 639 17.9 +3.7
Green Fiona Ann Firman 632 17.7 +8.8
Green Victoria Green 546 15.3 +9.1
Conservative Robyn Gardner 375 10.5 −3.0
Conservative Robert Anthony Ricketts 361 10.1 −3.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Jackson-Roberts 355 10.0 −22.0
Conservative Will Timmins 346 9.7 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Felicity Jane Sinclair Jones 344 9.6 −19.1
Turnout 10,221 40.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
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2018 Camden local election - Cantelowes ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Mason * 1,829 59.8 +6.5
Labour Danny Beales * 1,780 58.2 +2.1
Labour Ranjit Singh 1,503 49.1 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Wakefield Hays 804 26.3 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher William Hattam 488 16.0 +6.0
Green Fran Bury 449 14.7 −3.2
Liberal Democrats Max Karasinski 442 14.5 +4.9
Green Catherine Anee Keshishian 435 14.2 −3.5
Green Trevor O'Farrell 301 9.8 −5.5
Conservative Ben Tansey 276 9.0 −1.5
Conservative Robert Fox 270 8.8 −1.3
Conservative Alexi Susiluoto 240 7.8 −1.9
Turnout 36.19
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
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2022 Camden local election - Camden Square ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Danny Beales† 1,309 74.0
Labour Sagal Abdiwali 1,275 72.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Wright 244 13.8
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Nicholson 218 12.3
Conservative Catherine McQueen 180 10.2
Conservative Jack Tinley 146 8.3
Turnout 1,769 31.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
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2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Tuckwell 13,965 45.2 −7.4
Labour Danny Beales 13,470 43.6 +6.0
Green Sarah Green 893 2.9 +0.7
Reclaim Laurence Fox 714 2.3 New
Liberal Democrats Blaise Baquiche 526 1.7 −4.6
SDP Steve Gardner 248 0.8 New
Independent Kingsley Hamilton Anti-Ulez 208 0.7 New
Count Binface Count Binface 190 0.6 +0.5
Independent No-Ulez Leo Phaure 186 0.6 New
Rejoin EU Richard Hewison 105 0.3 New
Let London Live Piers Corbyn 101 0.3 New
Independent Cameron Bell 91 0.3 New
CPA Enomfon Ntefon 78 0.3 New
UKIP Rebecca Jane 61 0.2 −0.4
Climate Ed Gemmell 49 0.2 New
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 32 0.1 −0.2
Independent 77 Joseph 8 < 0.1 New
Majority 495 1.6 −13.4
Turnout 30,925 46.2 Decrease17.3
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing -6.7
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General election 2024: Uxbridge and South Ruislip[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danny Beales 16,599 36.2 –0.8
Conservative Steve Tuckwell 16,012 34.9 –17.7
Reform UK Tim Wheeler 6,610 14.4 N/A
Green Sarah Green 4,354 9.5 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Rex-Hawkes 1,752 3.8 –2.8
TUSC Gary Harbord 223 0.5 N/A
SDP Stephen Gardner 200 0.4 N/A
UKIP Geoff Courtenay 164 0.4 –0.2
Majority 587 1.3 N/A
Turnout 45,914 61.4 –6.3
Registered electors 74,746
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase8.5
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