Serving as an MP is a role that inevitably comes with huge public and media attention, with Nottinghamshire's representatives having been no strangers to controversy over the years. But few MPs outside of the cabinet seem to have attracted as much attention as Ashfield's Lee Anderson.
Since his election in 2019, the Conservative Party's Mr Anderson has stoked national discussion on issues ranging from trans rights to food poverty. As well as his constituency work and now his duties to the Conservative Party more broadly, Mr Anderson's time in office has seen him denying links to the British National Party, having two libel claims lodged against him and having celebrities ranging from Gary Lineker to Carol Vorderman engaging in online spats with him.
But away from the heat of social media, Lee Anderson's life and career so far is much more nuanced than those who know him only by '30p Lee' may appreciate. Below, Nottinghamshire Live takes a look at the earlier life and career of the Ashfield MP before he became known to millions around the UK.
