Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
27th November
Contact: Keith Flett 07803 167266
14 MPs & Lords contest Parliamentary Beard of the Year Award
The Beard Liberation Front the informal network of beard wearers has said voting is in progress for the Parliamentary Beard of the Year Award.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has won the Award 8 times in total in 2001, 2007, 2011, 2012 (shared), 2014, 2015 and 2016. He was declared not eligible in 2017 to give newer Parliamentary beards a chance but won again in 2018
The Award is not about the politics of the beard wearer but about how well they have deployed their beard in public during the year, particularly in Parliament.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we welcome the growth of beards in Parliament as the policy of ‘no cuts’ continues to gain popularity. 2019 sees the largest field ever and as with the General Election it could be a close shave.
The vote is open now and will close at midday on 5th December with the winner announced ahead of the General Election on 6th December
Parliamentary Beard of the Year 2019 shortlist
Chris Elmore (Labour)
Lord Tony Greaves (LIbDem)
Lord Hylton (Crossbencher)
Jim McMahon (Labour)
Nadhim Zahawi (Tory)
Ben Bradley (Tory)
Barry Gardiner (Labour)
Stephen Kinnock (Labour)
Alex Cunningham (Labour)
Stephen Crabb (Tory)
Jeremy Corbyn (Labour)
Andy McDonald (Labour)
Crispin Blunt (Tory)
Andrew Gwynne (Labour)
Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour)
Recent winners
2011 Jeremy Corbyn
2012 Jeremy Corbyn/John Randall
2013 Julian Huppert
2014 Jeremy Corbyn
2015 Jeremy Corbyn
2016 Jeremy Corbyn
2017 Ben Bradley
2018 Jeremy Corbyn
Given the season, are the Lords a-leaping?