14 Facts About Adrian Bailey

Adrian Edward Bailey was born on 11 December 1945 and is a retired British Labour and Co-operative politician.

Adrian Bailey was the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West from 2000, when he won the seat at a by-election in November 2000 until he stood down at the general election in 2019.

Adrian Bailey contested the seat of South Worcestershire at the 1970 general election, where he was easily defeated by Gerald Nabarro.

In 1976, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Selwyn Lloyd decided to stand down from the Commons, and Adrian Bailey contested the resulting by-election.

Adrian Bailey was not to fight a Parliamentary election again for 24 years, but contested and lost the Cheshire West European seat in 1979.

In 1982, Adrian Bailey moved to the West Midlands to become a full-time political organiser for the Co-operative Party covering the Midlands and South Yorkshire region.

Adrian Bailey held this post until his election to Parliament in 2000.

Adrian Bailey was elected as a councillor for Sandwell Borough Council in 1991 and was its Deputy Leader from 1997 to 2000.

At the time of the resignation of Commons Speaker, Betty Boothroyd in 2000, Adrian Bailey was the Secretary of the constituency Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the local council and seemed the obvious choice to fight what was then a safe Labour seat in the impending by-election.

Adrian Bailey was chosen to fight the seat and won fairly comfortably on 23 November 2000, entering the Commons 30 years after his first attempt.

Adrian Bailey is unusual in that he has contested two Parliamentary by-elections caused by the resignation of two different Speakers of the House of Commons.

Adrian Bailey served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Bob Ainsworth, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence.

Adrian Bailey supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.

Adrian Bailey retired at the 2019 United Kingdom general election.