Danny Beales

MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Labour

Danny Beales is the Labour Party MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election, Beales won 16,599 votes, representing 36.2% of the vote. The Conservative candidate, Steve Tuckwell, received 16,012 votes (34.9%) and the Reform UK candidate received 6,610 votes (14.4%). Beales was duly elected with a majority of 587.

The Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency is located in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. It was previously considered a safe Conservative seat, notably held by former prime minister Boris Johnson from 2015 until his resignation in June 2023.

Beales’ immediate predecessor was Tuckwell of the Conservative Party, who won the seat in the July 2023 by-election triggered by Boris Johnson’s resignation. Beales stood as the Labour candidate in that by-election, coming second.

Political Career

Beales is a member of the House of Commons health and social care select committee (since October 2024). The health and social care committee is a select committee of the House of Commons responsible for scrutinising the work of the Department of Health and Social Care and its associated public bodies.

In the wake of the 2024 general election, which saw Labour returned to power after 14 years in opposition, Beales was appointed by 10 Downing Street as a “mission champion” for London – a role intended to cut across departmental boundaries and support Labour’s programme for “national renewal”. These “missions”, first set out in 2023 and subsequently given less prominence, included boosting economic growth, reducing NHS waiting times, tackling crime, establishing a publicly owned clean energy company and expanding educational opportunity.

Beales stood as the Labour candidate in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election in July 2023. The contest was triggered by Johnson’s resignation. The former prime minister resigned in protest at the commons privileges committee’s report into “Partygate”. Johnson had been given advanced sight of the report, which found he misled the House. He stepped down as an MP rather than face a likely recall petition.

In Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Tuckwell held the seat for the Conservatives by a margin of just 495 votes. The by-election was held on the “super Thursday” set of triple by-elections alongside contests in Selby and Ainsty and Somerton and Frome. The Conservatives lost both of these other by-elections.

The significantly smaller swing against the Conservatives in Uxbridge and South Ruislip (6.7%) was widely attributed to local opposition to the planned expansion of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan. Beales secured 13,965 votes (45.3%).

Beales went on to contest the seat at the 2024 general election.

In June 2025, Beales was one of 16 Labour MPs to sign a letter to the foreign secretary, David Lammy, accusing the government of failing to protect the rights of LGBT+ citizens in British Overseas Territories. The group argued that the absence of legal protections in jurisdictions such as the Turks and Caicos, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat constituted a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

According to a PoliticsHome report, the letter described the government’s “inaction on these injustices is not only a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights but, more importantly, a betrayal of the values Britain has long championed on the world stage.”

It added: “By failing to prevent differential treatment of LGBT+ persons in these jurisdictions, which naturally includes British citizens, the UK has allowed a two-tier system of British LGBT+ rights to emerge, in which the promise of equality and dignity extends only to some, not all, of its citizens and territories.”

Beales serves as a member of the all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) for access to medicines and medical devices and community development finance institutions.

Beales is a patron of LGBT+ Labour – a socialist society formally affiliated with the Labour Party.

Beales delivered his maiden speech on 10 October 2024 in a debate on Team GB and Paralympics GB.

In it, he said: “Hillingdon is also a place where life chances are not equal. Far too many people are struggling to make ends meet, and the public services they desperately need have been cut away.

“Like many colleagues in this House, far too many of the emails I receive are from parents struggling to get an education, health and care plan and the support they need for their children at school. There are section 21 evictions, extortionate lease- holder charges, damp, mould, disrepair, homelessness – on and on it goes. For me, these stories are all too familiar.”

He added: “Growing up, I was desperate to see change in my community and my country. It has never seemed fair to me that, working two jobs, my mum was still unable to pay our bills. I felt as strongly as I do today that, as other members have said, hard work should always pay. Working hard should mean that people can afford a safe, dry and decent home, and every child should have the opportunity for a great education.”

Before entering parliament, Beales served as a Labour Party councillor on Camden London Borough Council from 2014 until 2024.

Within Camden Council, Beales served as the cabinet member for new homes, jobs and community investment.

Political views

Leadership elections and loyalty

Labour deputy leadership 2025: Beales was one of 175 Labour MPs who nominated Bridget Phillipson for the party’s deputy leadership in September 2025. The election followed the resignation of Angela Rayner, who stepped down as deputy prime minister and deputy party leader after an investigation into her tax affairs. It marked the first time since 2007 that Labour had held a deputy leadership contest while in government.

Phillipson, the serving education secretary, was widely viewed as the candidate favoured by Downing Street and the party leadership. She secured 175 nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), comfortably exceeding the 80 required to reach the final ballot. She was ultimately defeated by Lucy Powell.

Factional identity and party tradition

Labour Growth Group: Beales has been listed as a member of the Labour Growth Group (LGG) – a vocal faction of backbenchers committed to ensuring economic growth remains the central mission of the government. The group, largely composed of MPs from the 2024 intake, positions itself as the voice of “the builders, not the blockers” and provides organised support for ministers taking on politically difficult decisions in the name of economic expansion.

In an open letter addressed to Keir Starmer, issued upon the group’s founding in July 2024, LGG MPs said it was imperative that “the government grasps the nettle and goes for growth”.

They added: “This absolutely has to start with the sweeping planning reforms to get Britain building again. Under the Tories, planning permissions for new homes hit record lows and housebuilding cratered. Indeed, not once in their 14 years in power did the Conservatives meet their housing targets.

“Energy and transport projects were promised but not built. That’s why we are writing to you to make clear that it’s in the national interest to start delivering on our manifesto promise, including 1.5 million more homes across this parliament at the earliest opportunity.

“A failure to act will not be forgiven by the public. Britain has a housing crisis and a huge infrastructure deficit – without strong and immediate action, this will only worsen.”

Living Standards Coalition: Beales is a member of the Living Standards Coalition. Established in July 2025, the group’s stated aim was to develop and promote policy ideas that directly reduce everyday costs for households, particularly in areas such as food, energy, housing and childcare. In an open letter published upon its founding, addressed to Keir Starmer, the MPs wrote: “Our constituents will ask one question at the next election: did this Labour government make me better off?”

They added: “To raise living standards, we support government interventions that will help to increase incomes and lower costs.”

Get Britain Working Group: Beales has been listed as a member of the Get Britain Working Group of Labour MPs – a caucus seen as supportive of the Starmer leadership’s position on welfare. The group argues for a “new social contract built on employment and opportunity”, focusing on the rising number of people out of the workforce due to long-term sickness.

In an open letter, issued upon the group’s founding in March 2025, the group expressed its support for the government’s welfare measures set out in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. The bill was subject to a significant revolt of over 120 Labour MPs – which forced ministers into a series of concessions shortly before its first vote in the House of Commons.

Ahead of the bill’s fraught second reading debate, the MPs wrote: “Our Labour values are built on a simple but powerful idea: that every individual, regardless of background or circumstance, should have the support they need to make the most of their lives.

“Everyone who is capable of working deserves the security, dignity and agency that employment offers. Of course, there are some people who are not able to work and they must be treated with compassion and respect. But for those that can, we must restore the pathways to opportunity which are currently so sparse for millions of people.

“It is exactly what a Labour government exists to do.”

SERA: Beales has been listed as a member of the Socialist Environment and Resources Association (SERA) – a socialist society affiliated with the Labour Party. Founded in 1973, SERA is the party’s official environmental campaign group. The organisation campaigns on a wide range of issues, including renewable energy, biodiversity, air quality and the transition to a green economy. SERA describes its member MPs as “champions for the environment”.

Labour Housing: Beales was endorsed by the Labour Housing Group, a long-standing socialist society affiliated with the Labour party, at the 2024 general election. The group advocates a significant expansion of council and social housing, reform of the private rented sector to strengthen tenants’ rights, and tackling homelessness and poor housing conditions.

Social housing ally: Beales was identified as part of a “new generation of social housing allies” in Westminster, according to an analysis by the specialist publication Inside Housing.

Brexit and Europe

Labour Movement for Europe: Beales was endorsed by the Labour Movement for Europe (LME) in the 2024 general election. Founded in 1981, LME is a pro-European socialist society affiliated with the Labour Party. It campaigns for a close relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The organisation refers to itself as the “home of the pro-Europeans in the Labour and trade union movement”.

Welfare

Welfare ‘reasoned amendment’ (June 2025): Beales was one of the over 120 Labour MPs to sign the reasoned amendment to the government’s flagship welfare bill which aimed to reject the proposed legislation.

The amendment, in the name of senior Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier, objected to the fact that the bill had not been subject to a “formal consultation with disabled people” and that “250,000 people will be pushed into poverty” as a result of it, according to a government impact assessment.

The motion also called on the government to wait for the publication of the review into the Personal Independence Payment (Pip), helmed by minister Sir Stephen Timms, and the independent review, conducted by Sir Charlie Mayfield, into how the employment of disabled people could be boosted.

Welfare vote (July 2025): Beales voted in favour of the government’s flagship welfare bill at second reading. The vote came after ministers agreed to significant concessions to avoid defeat via a mass rebellion of Labour MPs on 1 July 2025.

Assisted dying

Beales voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, better known as the assisted dying bill, at both second reading (November 2024) and third reading (June 2025).

Social values and conscience issues

Abortion decriminalisation (2025): Beales voted in favour of a backbench amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that sought to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in June 2025. The amendment, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes, removed women from the threat of prosecution for ending a pregnancy at any stage. As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs.

Social values and conscience issues

Palestinian recognition letter (July 2025): In July 2025, Beales was among the over 254 MPs to sign a cross-party letter calling for the government to immediately recognise the state of Palestine. The letter called on the prime minister and foreign secretary to recognise Palestine at the UN Conference then taking place in New York.

Before Politics

Danny Boy Beales was born in Hillingdon in 1988, he grew up in West London, raised by his mother as a single parent.

Beales completed his A-Levels, supported by an education maintenance allowance (EMA).

Beales went on to study politics and social policy at the London School of Economics (LSE).

After graduating, he worked in campaigning and communications roles for the Labour Party before being elected to Camden Council.

Personal Life

In 2024, PinkNews listed Beales among a number of out LGBTQ+ parliamentarians.

Beales experienced homelessness twice during his teenage years following his mother’s redundancies. He lived for periods with grandparents in Northampton and later in local council housing.

In his 2024 maiden speech, Beales said: “The journey from homelessness to the House of Commons is one not too often made, but I want to do my bit so that every child in this country can follow in my footsteps, and no one is held back by the experience of homelessness in our country. I thank everyone who has supported me in some way.”