Steve Yemm | |
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Member of Parliament for Mansfield | |
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ben Bradley |
Majority | 3,485 (8.5%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Stephen Yemm 1963 or 1964 (age 60–61) |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham (BSc) |
Stephen Yemm (born 1963 or 1964)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Mansfield since 2024.
Yemm received a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Chemistry from the University of Nottingham.[2]
He was the Labour candidate in the 2011 Mansfield mayoral election, and defeated by Mansfield Independent Forum candidate Tony Egginton by a majority of 67 votes on second preference voting.
Prior to becoming an MP, Yemm worked in IT and was a long-term chairman of Mansfield's local Labour group between 2008 and 2017.[3][4]
Yemm was elected as Member of Parliament for Mansfield at the 2024 general election, defeating his Conservative predecessor Ben Bradley.[5][6]
Yemm has three adult daughters with his wife,[4] a consultant radiographer at Kings Mill Hospital. He has lived in Mansfield all his life.[1]