Josh Newbury
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Josh Newbury | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Amanda Milling |
| Majority | 3,215 (7.5%) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labour |
Joshua Alan Austin Newbury[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase since 2024.[2]
Newbury was previously a primary care communications manager at NHS Birmingham and Solihull.[3] His other previous roles included being the communications and engagement lead at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, a stakeholder engagement manager at Health Education England and a Senior Parliamentary officer at the Energy and Utilities alliance.[3]
Newbury was elected Councillor for the Norton Canes Ward on Cannock Chase District Council in 2019,[4] being re-elected in 2023.[5] He was also the deputy leader of the council until his resignation from the post after his election to Parliament in July 2024.[6] He stood down from the council in March 2025.[7][8]
Newbury was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Cannock Chase for the 2024 general election,[9] with Labour Leader Keir Starmer visiting the constituency to promote Newbury's campaign on 2 July 2024 shortly before the election.[10][11] Newbury defeated incumbent Conservative MP Amanda Milling in the election and won 15,671 votes in the election, with a majority of 3,215.[12][13]
Personal life
He has described himself as a "proud gay man".[14] He and his husband have a daughter.[7] On International Men's Day in 2025 he revealed in the House of Commons that he was raped by another man nearly a decade ago. He shared the story to end the stigma around being a victim of sexual assault.[15][16].
