James Grundy (politician)

James Nelson Grundy is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh since 2019.

James Grundy

MP
Member of Parliament
for Leigh
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byJo Platt
Majority1,965 (4.2%)
Councillor for Lowton East
Assumed office
1 May 2008
Preceded byIan Franzen
Personal details
Born
James Nelson Grundy[1]

Lowton, England
Political partyConservative
Websitewww.jamesgrundy.org.uk

Early life

Grundy was born and raised on the family farm in Lowton, where he still resides.[2][3]

Political career

Grundy was elected to represent the Lowton East ward on Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council as a councillor in the 2008 local elections.[4] He was elected to Parliament at the 2019 general election, taking the seat from Labour's Jo Platt.[5][6][7]

Personal life

In February 2020, a video recording obtained by LBC emerged of Grundy exposing his genitals at a private event in the Rams Head Inn, Lowton, in 2007. He has since apologised.[8][9][10][11][12]

References
  1. "No. 62862". The London Gazette. 20 December 2019. p. 23182.
  2. "About James Grundy". James Grundy. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. Grundy, James (24 April 2020). "JAMES GRUNDY - Let's retain spirit of national unity". Wigan Today. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. "Lowton East Election Results 2008". Wigan Council. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Leigh parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. "General Election 2019: Meet the Leigh candidates | Mancunian Matters". Mancunian Matters. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. Mutch, James (9 May 2017). "'I am up for the fight', vows Leigh's Conservative candidate for General Election". Leigh Journal. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  8. "Tory MP faces calls to quit after video emerges of him exposing himself in a pub". LBC. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  9. "Tory MP apologises as video of him exposing himself to woman in pub emerges". The Independent. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. "Tory MP apologises after exposing himself in pub". the Guardian. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  11. "Tory MP apologises for exposing himself in pub". BBC News. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  12. Brown, Lee (25 February 2020). "British MP apologizes after being filmed exposing himself to a woman in a pub". New York Post. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joanne Platt		 Member of Parliament for Leigh
2019–present		 Incumbent


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