Natalie Fleet

Some Lesser Known Facts About Natalie Fleet

• Natalia Fleet grew up in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Her mother worked in a factory, and her father and other family members were coal miners.

• As a child, she received free school meals and went through periods of homelessness.
• She joined the Labour Party as a teenager.

• She later joined the university as a mother of two but dropped out due to cultural differences. She described university as ‘too posh’ and felt she didn’t belong.

• She worked in the voluntary sector and later for trade unions, including the National Education Union.

• In the 2019 general election, she contested the Ashfield seat as a Labour candidate. She finished third.

• During the campaign, she received threats and her campaign office was vandalised. She did not contest the seat again due to safety concerns.

• In the 2024 general election, Fleet was elected as the first female MP for Bolsover, defeating Conservative MP Mark Fletcher.

• She had initially lost the Bolsover Labour candidate selection but was selected later after the first candidate resigned.

• In November 2024, she voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which supports legalising assisted dying.

• In a 2024 interview, she said she became pregnant with her first daughter at the age of 15 after being groomed by an older man.

• She campaigns to change the law to remove parental rights from rapists. She is drafting an amendment to the Victims and Courts Bill for this purpose. She plans to start a charity for families of children conceived through rape.

• The charity will provide support, advice, and age-appropriate communication tools. She aims for victims to have MPs who believe them, trained police officers, a faster court system, and adequate prison space for offenders.

• In 2025, Fleet became a grandmother when her daughter gave birth. Her husband is working part-time to help with childcare. Fleet has said she misses her home life while working in Parliament.