Marco Longhi


Marco Andrea Longhi is a British Conservative Party politician and property entrepreneur who has served as the Member of Parliament for Dudley North since 2019.

Early life

Longhi grew up in Rome, the son of an Italian airline worker. He trained as a pilot and later studied engineering at Manchester University, before working in the oil and gas industry.

Political career

In 1999, Longhi was elected as a Conservative councillor in Walsall, where his grandfather Wilfred Clarke had been Mayor in 1978, and became Mayor in 2017 and again in 2018. In the 2005 general election he ran for election in Dudley South, gaining an increased vote share but losing to the Labour incumbent by around 4,000 votes.
He ran again in Dudley North at the 2019 general election, gaining the seat after the incumbent, Ian Austin stood down.
On 22 April 2020, during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, he became the first ever MP to speak in the Commons chamber via remote video link, asking a question of the Welsh Secretary, Simon Hart.

Business career

Longhi is the director of property management company Justmove Limited and owns nine houses in Walsall.