Steve Yemm

Steve Yemm
MP
Steve Yemm MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament ; for Mansfield
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Ben Bradley
Majority	3,485 (8.5%)
Personal details
Born	Stephen Yemm; 1963 or 1964 (age 60–61)
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Nottingham (BSc)

Stephen Yemm (born 1963 or 1964)^[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Mansfield since 2024.

Early life and career

Yemm received a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Chemistry from the University of Nottingham.^[2]

He was the Labour candidate in the 2011 Mansfield mayoral election, and defeated by Mansfield Independent Forum candidate Tony Egginton by a majority of 67 votes on second preference voting.

Prior to becoming an MP, Yemm worked in IT and was a long-term chairman of Mansfield's local Labour group between 2008 and 2017.^[3]^[4]

Yemm was elected as Member of Parliament for Mansfield at the 2024 general election, defeating his Conservative predecessor Ben Bradley.^[5]^[6]

Yemm has three adult daughters with his wife,^[4] a consultant radiographer at Kings Mill Hospital. He has lived in Mansfield all his life.^[1]

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^ "Optibrium Appoints Steve Yemm as Chief Commercial Officer". Drug Discovery from Technology Networks. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
^ Backlash at polling station decision. "However, Steve Yemm, chairman of Mansfield Labour Party is calling for a re-think next time". Chad, 15 January 2014, p.5. Accessed 11 July 2024
^ ^a ^b Former Mansfield mayoral candidate to stand for Labour at next general election Chad, 12 March 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2024
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