Liam Conlon

Liam Joseph Conlon^[1] is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Beckenham and Penge since July 2024.^[2] A member of the Labour Party, he is the chairperson of the Labour Party Irish Society.^[3]

The Honourable Liam Conlon MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament for Beckenham and Penge
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	12,905 (24.7%)
Personal details
Born	Liam Joseph Conlon
Political party	Labour
Parents	William Conlon (father) Sue Gray (mother)

Career

In the 2006 Epping Forest District Council election, Conlon was the Labour candidate in Waltham Abbey Paternoster ward.^[4]

In 2023, Conlon was selected by party members in Beckenham and Penge constituency to be their candidate,^[5] and was elected with a majority of 12,905 over the Conservative candidate. Conlon received a £10,000 donation from Lord Alli towards his election campaign.^[6] He is the first Labour MP to cover the whole town of Beckenham.

Conlon was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport following his election.

Personal life

Conlon is the son of Bill Conlon, a former Country music singer, and his wife, former senior civil servant Sue Gray (now Baroness Gray of Tottenham), who served as Downing Street Chief of Staff under Sir Keir Starmer from July to October 2024.^[7] He had a hip replacement at the age of 17 due to an accident at the age of 13 where he fractured his hip; for years following the accident he was unable to walk. As a result of this, he is one of a handful of current disabled MPs, and drives an adapted car.^[8]