Connor Naismith
Connor Naismith | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Kieran Mullan |
| Majority | 9,727 (20.6%)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Connor James Naismith[2] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich since 2024.
He was elected with 44.1% of the vote on a turnout of 60.2%.[3]
Prior to his election to Parliament, Naismith was a member of Cheshire East Council, representing the Crewe West ward, first being elected in May 2021 and re-elected in 2023.[4]
His local Labour Party website says that prior to his election, he worked in the constituency in "Police complaints", and "served as a school governor at a thriving community nursery school in Crewe".[5]
In June 2025, he wrote an essay for LabourList with fellow MPs Jonathan Hinder and David Smith endorsing the economically left-wing and socially conservative and communitarian Blue Labour faction of the Labour Party.[6] He is a member of the Blue Labour parliamentary caucus.[7]
References
- ^ "Crewe and Nantwich - General election results 2024 - BBC News". BBC News. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Crewe and Nantwich | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Connor Naismith". Cheshire East Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "CONNOR NAISMITH MP For Crewe & Nantwich - Crewe and Nantwich Labour Party". Crewe and Nantwich Labour Party. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "'Blue Labour is an explicit challenge to the neoliberal, capitalist consensus'". LabourList. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Jones, Morgan (21 June 2025). "Meet the Blue Labour bros". The New Statesman. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
