The Labour Party was hoping to take former Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s old seat in Uxbridge and South Ruislip during the recent by-election.
However, ConservativeMP Steve Tuckwell managed to keep it by 495 votes, sparing Rishi Sunak from being the first PM since 1968 to lose three by-elections in one day.
Many, including the MP himself, have said that his election showed how people didn’t want the ULEZ expanded across London as proposed by the Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan.
But who exactly is Steve Tuckwell? Here is everything we know.
I’ve just been to vote for myself, a vote against ULEZ expansion. Please join me today and send a message to @SadiqKhan. #VoteConservative pic.twitter.com/fc0QWqEAUl
— Cllr. Steve Tuckwell (@tuckwell_steve) July 20, 2023
Who is Steve Tuckwell?
Steve Tuckwell is a British politician who started his career at Royal Mail, where he worked between 2003 and 2015.
Tuckwell then joined Connect Group PLC as a General Manager for 10 months before joining Ryder Ltd to carry out managerial roles between 2016 and 2021.
His political career began when he became a Hillingdon borough councillor in 2018, where he took on a number of committee roles, including chairing the HS2 Major Planning Committee and being the Deputy Chairman of the Uxbridge and South Ruislip Conservative Association.
Tuckwell put his name in the hat for the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-elections caused by Boris Johnson having to step down from being an MP after the Privileges Committee found that he lied to the Parliament.
Labour’s Danny Beales was thought to be the obvious winner that would take the seat, by Tuckwell managed to bring it home for the Conservatives.
On his LinkedIn profile, Tuckwell describes himself as a “distinguished and considered senior operations leader with 28 years’ experience of delivering results in complex and highly unionised settings through a rigorous approach to continuous improvement, performance leadership and employee engagement”.
Tuckwell is reported to have lived and studied in Hillingdon all his life.
He has two children with his partner Rachel, who both attend local schools in Ruislip.
