Lorraine Beavers
Lorraine Beavers is a British Labour Party politician who has been MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood since 2024. She was previously a Lancashire County Councillor for Fleetwood East and a Wyre Borough Councillor for Park.
Early life
Lorraine Shewan was born in November 1962, the daughter of Ronnie and Brenda Shewan. She has a brother named Steven.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. Following boundary changes, she ran for Fleetwood East in the 2017 County Council election, winning the seat with a majority of 727 votes. In the 2021 County Council election, Beavers held her Fleetwood East seat with an increased majority of 871 votes. 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.In the 2024 general election, she was elected with a majority of 4,647 votes, unseating incumbent Conservative Paul Maynard. 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. 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."
In November 2024, Beavers voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.