Lorraine Beavers
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Lorraine Beavers | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Blackpool North and Fleetwood | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 4,647 (11.1%) |
| Lancashire County Councillor for Fleetwood East Fleetwood West (2013–2017) | |
| In office 2 May 2013 – 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Clive Grunshaw |
| Succeeded by | David Shaw |
| Wyre Borough Councillor for Park | |
| In office 4 May 2023 – 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | David O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | Alice Jones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lorraine Shewan November 1962 (age 63) |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse |
John Beavers (m. 1983) |
| Children | 2 |
Lorraine Beavers (née Shewan; born November 1962) is a British Labour Party politician who has been MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood since 2024.[1] She was previously a Lancashire County Councillor for Fleetwood East (formerly Fleetwood West) and a Wyre Borough Councillor for Park.
Career
In the 2013 Lancashire County Council election, Beavers ran as the Labour Party candidate for Fleetwood West, winning the seat with a majority of 459 votes and succeeding the previous Labour councillor Clive Grunshaw.[5] Following boundary changes, she ran for Fleetwood East in the 2017 County Council election, winning the seat with a majority of 727 votes.[6] In the 2021 County Council election, Beavers held her Fleetwood East seat with an increased majority of 871 votes.[7] In the 2023 Wyre Borough Council election, she stood as one of two Labour candidates for the Park ward, winning the seat from UKIP's David O'Neill.[8]
In the 2024 general election, she was elected with a majority of 4,647 votes, unseating incumbent Conservative Paul Maynard.[9] 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.[10] 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."[10]
In November 2024, Beavers voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[11]
Personal life
In 1983, she married John Beavers, who served in the British Army during the Falklands War and the Troubles.[12][13] They have two children.[14] Her father, Ronnie Shewan, died on 28 February 2024.[15] Her mother Brenda died six months later on 14 August.[4]
