Danny Beales

Danny Boy Beales{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/july-2023/new-mps-elected-at-july-by-elections/ |title=New MPs elected at July by-elections |publisher=UK Parliament |date=21 July 2023 |access-date=24 October 2023}} was born in 1988{{Cite news |last=Topping |first=Alexandra |date=12 June 2023 |title=Labour's candidate in Uxbridge 'not taking anything for granted' |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/12/labour-candidate-danny-beales-uxbridge-byelection-boris-johnson |access-date=24 June 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Rafray |first=Nathalie |date=28 December 2022 |title=Camden councillor Danny Beales on facing Boris Johnson |url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/23216343.camden-councillor-danny-beales-facing-boris-johnson/ |publisher=Ham & High}} and grew up in West London. Beales was raised by his mother as a single parent. He was made homeless twice while a teenager, both times after his mother was made redundant from work, living for a while with his grandparents in Northampton, and then in a council house in the area. He benefitted from an Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), allowing him to complete his A-Levels. He joined the Labour Party around this time, frustrated by the financial difficulties his family faced.{{Cite news |date=22 June 2023 |title=Danny Beales: I'm fighting for Boris's seat in Uxbridge |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/danny-beales-im-fighting-for-boriss-seat-in-uxbridge-xrqlqlpsh |access-date=24 June 2023}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/danny-beales-boris-johnson-uxbridge-south-ruislip-homeless/ |title=From homelessness to the House of Commons? Meet Danny Beales, the man looking to unseat Boris Johnson |date=3 May 2023 |publisher=Big Issue |access-date=24 June 2023}} Beales studied politics and social policy at the London School of Economics.

Following his studies, Beales went on to work in campaigning and communications with the Labour Party.

He was first elected at the 2014 Camden London Borough Council election, and was re-elected at the next two subsequent council elections. Beales was initially elected to represent Cantelowes, unseating the ward's sole Liberal Democrat councillor. Cantelowes was abolished for the 2022 elections,{{Cite web |last=Teale |first=Andrew |title=Cantelowes Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/63/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Local Elections Archive Project}} and Beales was subsequently elected for the Camden Square ward.{{Cite web |title=Local election results 5th May 2022 |url=https://www.camden.gov.uk/local-council-elections-5-may-2022-results |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Camden Council}} He was a governor at Torriano Primary School, on his local street.{{Cite web |title=Danny Beales |url=https://www.camden-labour.org/profile/cllr-danny-beales/ |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=Camden Labour}}{{Cite web |last=Rowlands |first=Jenny |date=5 April 2022 |title=Statement of Persons Nominated – Camden Square |url=https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/0/Camden+Square.pdf/6f656a8a-baef-acb6-b3c9-b485b8ec66d5?t=1649232682816 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=Camden London Borough Council}}

Since his election, Beales has been one of the most high-profile councillors, with the local paper writing of him, "With an ever-expanding brief, Cllr Beales has been there for every Camden policy, every flashpoint." He is quoted nearly every week in the local press.

Beales served as Camden Council's Cabinet Member for New Homes, Jobs and Community Investment. In this role he was responsible for the Community Investment Programmes which is Camden's estate regeneration and property development programme.{{Cite news |last=Osley |first=Richard |date=28 October 2022 |title=Cabinet councillor in bid to take over Boris Johnson's seat |work=Camden New Journal |url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/next-stop-parliament-big-chance-for-danny-beales-in-by-election |access-date=4 August 2023}} CIP - and Beales personally - has been criticised on a cross-party basis for failing to meet its own target for building council homes and for allowing private developers to 'seize' part of sites for their own use.{{Cite news |last=Osley |first=Richard |date=21 March 2022 |title=Left and right – and the rest – join in a rare alliance to hammer Camden's estates strategy |work=Camden New Journal |url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/left-and-right-and-the-rest-join-in-a-rare-alliance-to-hammer-camdens-strategy |access-date=4 August 2023}}

He supported adding a pedestrian crossing in Camden with the transgender flag, the first of its kind in London.{{Cite news |date=9 November 2021 |title=Trans crossing unveiled in Camden to 'show everyone is welcome' |work=LBC |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/trans-pride-crossing-camden-london/ |access-date=27 June 2023}}

Beales resigned from being a Camden councillor on 12 July 2024, a week after being elected as an MP.https://twitter.com/DannyBeales/status/1811742919839150409

In December 2022, Beales was selected as the Labour candidate for Uxbridge and South Ruislip to become the candidate at the by-election, which was announced less than a day after the constituency's MP, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, had resigned. This was just prior to the publication of the Commons Privileges Committee investigation into Johnson's involvement in Partygate.{{Cite news |date=17 December 2022 |title=Camden's regeneration chief Danny Beales selected to take on Boris Johnson at general election |work=Camden New Journal |url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/camdens-regeneration-chief-danny-beales-selected-to-take-on-boris-johnson-at-general-election |access-date=27 June 2023}} Beales then began campaigning with the party's national campaign co-ordinator, Shabana Mahmood.{{Cite news |date=16 June 2023 |title=Uxbridge by-election date set as Tories announce candidate for Boris Johnson's former seat |work=ITV News |url=https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-06-16/tories-announce-candidate-to-fight-by-election-in-johnsons-former-uxbridge-seat |access-date=25 June 2023}} He remained a Camden Council Cabinet Member throughout the by-election.

During campaigning, Beales challenged the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's policy to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone into outer London, including Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Beales suggested the scheme should be delayed, while the successful Conservative candidate, Steve Tuckwell, wanted to scrap the scheme completely.{{Cite news |date=14 July 2023 |title=Uxbridge by-election: Issues explored ahead of vote |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66187987 |access-date=17 July 2023}}{{Cite news |date=12 July 2023 |title='Going to be close': nerves fray before byelection in Boris Johnson's old seat |last=Quinn |first=Ben |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/12/going-to-be-close-byelection-boris-johnson-uxbridge-and-south-ruislip-labour-conservatives |access-date=17 July 2023}}

Beales was reselected as the Labour candidate for the 2024 general election. This time, he won narrowly over Tuckwell, defeating him by 587 votes.

In November 2024, Beales voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.{{cite web |title=Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading |url=https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1877 |website=Votes in Parliament |date=29 November 2024}}

Beales is a gay man.{{Cite news |last=Thomson |first=Alice |date=2023-07-20 |title=Danny Beales: I'm fighting for Boris's seat in Uxbridge |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/danny-beales-im-fighting-for-boriss-seat-in-uxbridge-xrqlqlpsh |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web |last=Strudwick |first=Patrick |date=2023-01-25 |title=Meet the man who beat homelessness to become Labour's pick to unseat Boris Johnson |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/meet-man-beat-homelessness-become-labours-pick-steal-boris-johnsons-uxbridge-seat-2102770 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=inews.co.uk |language=en}}

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