Lucy Rigby
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Lucy Clementine Moores Rigby is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament for Northampton North since 2024.[1] She has served as Solicitor General for England and Wales since 2 December 2024.
Lucy Rigby | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Sarah Sackman |
| Member of Parliament for Northampton North | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Ellis |
| Majority | 9,014 (21.5%) |
| Member of Islington London Borough Council for Holloway | |
| In office May 2010 ā March 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wegberg, West Germany |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Durham University Nottingham Law School Oxford Institute of Legal Practice |
| Website | https://www.lucyrigby.co.uk |
Early life and education
Rigby's father served in the Royal Engineers and she was born in RAF Hospital Wegberg in Germany. Her mother worked for the NHS.[2]
Rigby studied politics at Durham University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[3][4] She then undertook a Graduate Diploma in Law (a law conversion course) at Nottingham Law School and the Legal Practice Course at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice.[3]
Legal career
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Rigby spent time with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague.[5] She joined Slaughter and May as a trainee in 2007,[6] and was admitted as a solicitor in May 2009.[7][8] She spent secondments in Brussels and Sydney. She remained at Slaughter and May as an associate from 2009 to 2011, specialising in competition law.[6][9] She then joined the litigation unit of the Office of Fair Trading, working from 2011 to 2012.[6]
After spending time dedicated to trying to win a parliamentary seat at the 2015 General Election,[10] Rigby then worked at the consumer body Which?, from 2015 to 2017.[6] She specialised in competition and consumer law matters.[11]
In March 2017, Rigby joined the competition specialist law firm Hausfeld & Co LLP. She specialised in competition law and large-scale collective redress, particularly in opt-out collective actions before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and opt-in claims via a group litigation order.[3] She became a partner in 2021.[6]
Rigby was listed as a 'Global Leader in Competition Plaintiff' in Who's Who Legal 2023[12] and in Lawdragon's 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers 2024.[13]
Rigby was a board member of The Collective Redress Lawyers Association from November 2021 to April 2024.[11]
Political career
In 2010, Rigby was elected a councillor for the Holloway ward of Islington London Borough Council.[14] She stepped down in March 2012, triggering a by-election.[10]
In 2012, Rigby was selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Lincoln.[15] In the 2015 United Kingdom general election, she came in second with 18,533 votes (39.6%).[16]
House of Commons
Rigby was elected as MP for Northampton North in the 2024 General Election.[17]
On 29 October 2024, Rigby was elected a member of the Treasury Select Committee.[18] She was also subsequently elected as a delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Following the Assembly's Annual Session in Montreal in November 2024, Rigby was elected as the vice-chair of the Transition and Development Sub-Committee of the Economic and Security Committee.[19]
In November 2024, Rigby was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice.[20] She was appointed Solicitor General in December 2024, in a minor reshuffle following the resignation of Louise Haigh.[21]
On 3 February 2025, Rigby was appointed King's Counsel.[22]
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