Read more: Get behind Derby's bid to become rail HQ, public is urged by MP Then just before I went to university, I said to myself, well I need to be true to who I am, and so I just started telling people. He said: “I’m a pretty black and white person, and I realised who I liked, who I loved at a pretty early age. Speaking about his sexuality to GB News, Mr Rowley said he was “proud of who he was” but didn’t feel the need to shout about it “every five minutes”. Mr Rowley was elected as MP for North East Derbyshire in the 2017 general election becoming the first conservative MP for North East Derbyshire since 1935.
Lee Rowley, the MP for North East Derbyshire spoke to GB News about his journey as a milkman’s son from a Labour-supporting family in Chesterfield to representing his constituents in the House of Commons. A Derbyshire Conservative MP has shared his experiences of being a gay politician.
