Lucy Clementine Moores Rigby (born November 1982) is a British Labour Party politician and solicitor who has been Member of Parliament for Northampton North since 2024.[1] She has served as Solicitor General for England and Wales since 2 December 2024.
Lucy Rigby | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
| Assumed office 2 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Sarah Sackman |
| Member of Parliament for Northampton North | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Ellis |
| Majority | 9,014 (21.5%) |
| Member of Islington London Borough Council for Holloway | |
| In office May 2010 – March 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1982 (age 42) Wegberg, West Germany |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Durham University Nottingham Law School Oxford Institute of Legal Practice |
| Website | https://www.lucyrigby.co.uk |
Early life and education
editRigby was born in November 1982.[2] Her father served in the Royal Engineers and she was born in RAF Hospital Wegberg in Germany. Her mother worked for the NHS.[3]
Rigby studied politics at Durham University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[4][5] She then undertook a Graduate Diploma in Law (a law conversion course) at Nottingham Law School and the Legal Practice Course at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice.[4]
Legal career
editRigby spent time with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague.[6] She joined Slaughter and May as a trainee in 2007,[7] and was admitted as a solicitor in May 2009.[8][9] She spent secondments in Brussels and Sydney. She remained at Slaughter and May as an associate from 2009 to 2011, specialising in competition law.[7][10] She then joined the litigation unit of the Office of Fair Trading, working from 2011 to 2012.[7]
After spending time dedicated to trying to win a parliamentary seat at the 2015 General Election,[11] Rigby then worked at the consumer body Which?, from 2015 to 2017.[7] She specialised in competition and consumer law matters.[12]
In March 2017, Rigby joined the competition specialist law firm Hausfeld & Co LLP. She specialised in competition law and large-scale collective redress, particularly in opt-out collective actions before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and opt-in claims via a group litigation order.[4] She became a partner in 2021.[7]
Rigby was a board member of The Collective Redress Lawyers Association from November 2021 to April 2024.[12]
Political career
editIn 2010, Rigby was elected a councillor for the Holloway ward of Islington London Borough Council.[13] She stepped down in March 2012, triggering a by-election.[11]
In 2012, Rigby was selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Lincoln.[14] In the 2015 United Kingdom general election, she came in second with 18,533 votes (39.6%).[15]
House of Commons
editRigby was elected as MP for Northampton North in the 2024 General Election.[16]
Lucy was elected by Labour MPs a member of the Treasury Select Committee on 29 October 2024,[17] She was also subsequently elected as a delegate to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Following the Assembly's Annual Session in Montreal in November 2024, Lucy was elected as the vice-chair of the Transition and Development Sub-Committee of the Economic and Security Committee.[18]
In November 2024, Rigby was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Ministry of Justice.[19] She was appointed Solicitor General in December 2024, in a minor reshuffle following the resignation of Louise Haigh.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Northampton North - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ "Lucy Clementine Moores RIGBY personal appointments". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Lucy Rigby for Northampton North".
- ^ a b c "Lucy Rigby". Hausfeld. 11 April 2024. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Durham alumni join UK Parliament". www.durham.ac.uk. Durham University. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Lucy Rigby MP [@LucyRigby] (11 July 2024). "A very potent reminder of why we must always unite against hatred. I spent time with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia as a young lawyer & I'll never forget the testimony of witnesses to the most appalling of atrocities. Today we remember the victims of the massacre & their families" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 December 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d e "Rigby, Lucy, MP (Lab) Northampton North, since 2024". Who's Who 2025. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Person:Lucy Clementine Moores Rigby". www.sra.org.uk. Solicitors Regulation Authority. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Lucy Clementine Moores Rigby". solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk. The Law Society. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Former Slaughter and May lawyer appointed Solicitor General". Legal Cheek. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ a b Marshall, Tom (28 March 2012). "Holloway by-election triggered after councillor resigns". Islington Gazette. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ a b Tabahriti, Sam (28 June 2024). "Hausfeld Competition Pro Lucy Rigby Takes Political Plunge". Law360.
- ^ "Holloway". www.islington.gov.uk. Islington Council. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Rigby, Lucy (1 April 2015). "Lucy Rigby: Why you should vote Labour in the General Election". The Lincolnite. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "UK Parliament election results: Election for the constituency of Lincoln on 7 May 2015". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Northampton North - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Treasury Committee membership appointed". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Nato Pa".
- ^ Odell, Carly (15 November 2024). "Northampton MP appointed to parliamentary role with Ministry of Justice". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Ministerial appointments: 2 December 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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