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Linsey Farnsworth

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Linsey Farnsworth
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Amber Valley
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byNigel Mills
Majority3,554 (8.3%)
Member of Amber Valley Borough Council
for Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook and Horsley
Assumed office
4 May 2023
Personal details
Political partyLabour
ProfessionSolicitor
WebsiteOfficial website

Linsey Jayne Farnsworth is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Amber Valley since 2024.

Early life and career

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Farnsworth was raised in Erewash, Derbyshire and the first in her family to attend university.[1] Her father was a coal miner who, following mine closures, retrained as a bricklayer and her stepmother was a nurse.[2]

Qualifying as a solicitor in 2001,[3] Farnsworth worked as a criminal solicitor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for over two decades.[4][5] During her tenure at the CPS, she prosecuted serious and organised crime as an international liaison prosecutor.[1]

Political career

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In 2023, Farnsworth was elected as a Member of Amber Valley Borough Council for Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook and Horsley.[6] She became the first Labour councillor to represent the ward in over 20 years, and was also elected to the Parish Councils in Horsley and Kilburn.

Farnsworth was elected as MP for Amber Valley at the 2024 general election, defeating incumbent Conservative Nigel Mills.[7]

Personal life

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Farnsworth is married with children.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About". Linsey. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Hargreaves, Belinda (27 June 2024). "Statements from General Election candidates for Amber Valley". Spirit of Alfreton. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Linsey Jayne Farnsworth". The Law Society. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ Baynes, Chris (11 September 2018). "Pair who tortured and murdered 74-year-old shopkeeper jailed for life". The Independent. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ Torr, George (9 July 2024). "New MPs at Westminster 'can't wait to get started'". BBC News. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Amber Valley's Parliamentary candidates outline their hopes for the constituency". Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Amber Valley results in full as Labour beats Tories after 14 years". Derbyshire Live. 5 July 2024. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ Cooper, Jon (9 July 2024). "Amber Valley and Mid Derbyshire's new Labour MPs aim to bring in new opportunities". Derbyshire Times.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Amber Valley

2024–present
Incumbent