Michael Payne (politician)
Michael Payne | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of Parliament for Gedling | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Randall |
| Majority | 11,881 (24.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Richard Payne Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Michael Richard Payne is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gedling since 2024. He has been a Nottinghamshire County councillor and deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council.
He studied at Lancaster University, where he became President of the Students' Union in 2009. Payne unsuccessfully contested the seat of Newark at the 2014 Newark by-election and the 2015 General Election.
Payne served as the deputy leader of the Local Government Association’s Labour Group for seven years before stepping down to concentrate on running to be the MP for Gedling.
Payne is openly gay and is married to a fellow councillor. In January 2024, Pink News reported that a Conservative council candidate had been suspended after using a homophobic slur directed at Payne in a social media discussion.