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 Labour party members in the newly created constituency of Beckenham and Penge to be the Labour candidate in the 2024 General Election.

In 2024, Conlon was elected MP for Beckenham and Penge with a majority of 12,905 making him the first Labour MP in a constituency entirely in Bromley.

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

In 2024, Conlon voted against the assisted dying bill.

In 2025, Conlon proposed Philomena's law in Parliament.^{[5][clarification needed]}

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.^[6] 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.^[7]