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Stephen Yemm (born January 1964) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for
Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...
since 2024.


Early life and career

Yemm received a
Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...
degree in Applied Chemistry from the
University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...
. He was the Labour candidate in the 2011 Mansfield mayoral election, and defeated by Mansfield Independent Forum candidate
Tony Egginton Tony Egginton (born 1951) was the first directly elected Mayor of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. He was elected to the position on 17 October 2002, beating Labour's Lorna Carter by 588 votes, ending 30 years of Labour control. Egginto ...
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.Former Mansfield mayoral candidate to stand for Labour at next general election
''Chad'', 12 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024


Parliamentary career

In March 2023 Yemm was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Mansfield. Yemm was elected as Member of Parliament for
Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...
at the
2024 general election This is a list of elections that were held in 2024. The National Democratic Institute also maintains a calendar of elections around the world. * 2024 United Nations Security Council election * 2024 national electoral calendar * 2024 local electo ...
, defeating his Conservative predecessor Ben Bradley. In January 2025, Yemm called on the UK Government to release surplus funds from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme to support former mineworkers and their families. This followed the government's earlier decision to release £1.5 billion from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme. In April 2025, Yemm apologised and referred himself to the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is an officer of the British House of Commons. The work of the officer is overseen by the Commons Select Committee on Standards. The current commissioner is Daniel Greenberg. Duties The commissio ...
after failing to declare a £10,000 donation from Power Saving Solutions while praising the company in a House of Commons speech about construction standards.


Personal life

Yemm has three adult daughters with his wife, a consultant radiographer at Kings Mill Hospital. He has lived in Mansfield all his life.


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Living people Alumni of the University of Nottingham UK MPs 2024–present Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-politician-stub