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Lee Pitcher
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority2,311 (5.9%)
Personal details
Born
Lee Michael Pitcher

(1977-07-18) 18 July 1977 (age 47)
Political partyLabour
OccupationPolitician

Lee Michael Pitcher[1] (born 18 July 1977)[2] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme since 2024.[3]

Early life and education

Lee Michael Pitcher was born on 18 July 1977.[1][4]

Pitcher was homeless for a period as a child, and was also a victim of bullying at school which he has said was due to the length of his trousers.[4][5] He later earned a Master's degree.[5]

Career

Pitcher previously worked three jobs simultaneously.[5] He is also the Chair of Governors for Travis St Lawrence Church of England School in Hatfield, and was also a voluntary Chairman of an Arts and Culture school.[5]

Pitcher worked for Jacobs Solutions, a technical services company, in water management. A post on the company website says that "Lee has spent 22 years with water utilities, starting on the front line in public health as a sewer baiter to control the rodent population."[6]

Political

Pitcher was the chair and Mayor of Hatfield Town Council from 2023 to 2024.[7]

On 6 August 2023, Pitcher was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme.[7] Prior to being selected as prospective parliamentary candidate, Pitcher worked as Head of Partnerships for Yorkshire Water.[8][9]

In the 2024 general election, Pitcher was elected MP for the seat of Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme; winning 15,122 votes, with a majority of 2,311 votes.[10] He made his maiden speech on 18 July 2024.[4]

Personal life

Pitcher is a member of the Doncaster Lions.[7] He is a supporter of West Ham United.[4]

Pitcher is married with children, and his family lives in the Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme constituency.[4]

In 2022, he was selected to carry the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Baton at the Commonwealth Games.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Council Mayor for 2023–24". Hatfield Town Council. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Lee Michael PITCHER personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ^ "UK general election results live: Keir Starmer says 'time for us to deliver' as Nigel Farage becomes MP". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Foreign Affairs and Defence Volume 752: debated on Thursday 18 July 2024". hansard.parliament.uk. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Former homeless victim of bullying picked to carry the prestigious Queen's Platinum Jubilee Baton". Doncaster Free Press. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Catchments, Creativity and Communities: A Q&A with Lee Pitcher on Tackling Climate Change in the Water Sector | Jacobs". www.jacobs.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Labour Select Candidate For New Constituency". Thorne Times. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ Sefton, Christine; Sharp, Liz; Quinn, Ruth; Stovin, Virginia; Pitcher, Lee (2022). "The feasibility of domestic raintanks contributing to community-oriented urban flood resilience". Climate Risk Management. 35: 100390. doi:10.1016/j.crm.2021.100390.
  9. ^ "Lee Pitcher - Register of Members' Interests". parliament.uk.
  10. ^ "Doncaster East & Axholme | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.