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Liam Conlon
Liam Joseph Conlon[1] is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Beckenham and Penge since July 2024.[2] A member of the Labour Party, he is the chairperson of the Labour Party Irish Society.[3] CareerIn the 2006 Epping Forest District Council election, Conlon was the Labour candidate in Waltham Abbey Paternoster ward.[4] In 2023, Conlon was selected by party members in Beckenham and Penge constituency to be their candidate,[5] and was elected with a majority of 12,905 over the Conservative candidate. Conlon received a £10,000 donation from Lord Alli towards his election campaign.[6] He is the first Labour MP to cover the whole town of Beckenham. In August 2024 Conlon received two free tickets worth £1,660 to a Taylor Swift concert Wembley Stadium, at which Swift used a blue light escort reportedly negotiated by his mother, Sue Gray.[7] Conlon was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport following his election. Personal lifeConlon is the son of Bill Conlon, a former Country music singer, and his wife, former senior civil servant Sue Gray, who served as Downing Street Chief of Staff under Sir Keir Starmer from July to October 2024.[8] He had a hip replacement at the age of 17 due to an accident at the age of 13 where he fractured his hip; for years following the accident he was unable to walk. As a result of this, he is one of a handful of current disabled MPs, and drives an adapted car.[9] References
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