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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Lee}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Lee}}
{{Officeholder
|name= Lee Anderson
|image=
|party= [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]] (membership, 2018-present) <br /> Independent (in parliament, 2024-present) <br /> Labour (until 2018)
|spouse=
|religion= Unknown
|offices=
{{Officeholder/any
|position = Member of Parliament
|location = Ashfield
|number =
|terms= 12 December 2019 - present
|preceded= Gloria De Piero
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}
'''Lee Anderson''', born January 1967, is a British [[Euroskeptic]] politician, who has served as the [[Tory Party]] MP for Ashfield in [[Nottinghamshire]] since 2019. Anderson has also been a host on UK [[conservative]]-leaning TV channel [[GB News]] since 2023.<ref name="tgraphgbnews">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/03/22/lee-anderson-paid-100k-year-host-gb-news-show/ Lee Anderson to be paid £100k a year to host GB News show]</ref> In February 2024, Anderson was suspended from the Tory Party after stating that [[Sadiq Khan]], the far-left London mayor known for his links to [[Radical Islam|Muslim extremism]], was "controlled by Islamists".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/02/24/tories-suspend-lee-anderson-mp-for-claiming-sadiq-khan-controlled-by-islamists/ Conservative Party Suspends Lee Anderson MP After Claiming Sadiq Khan Controlled by ‘Islamists’]</ref>
'''Lee Anderson''', born January 1967, is a British [[Euroskeptic]] politician, who has served as the [[Tory Party]] MP for Ashfield in [[Nottinghamshire]] since 2019. Anderson has also been a host on UK [[conservative]]-leaning TV channel [[GB News]] since 2023.<ref name="tgraphgbnews">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/03/22/lee-anderson-paid-100k-year-host-gb-news-show/ Lee Anderson to be paid £100k a year to host GB News show]</ref> In February 2024, Anderson was suspended from the Tory Party after stating that [[Sadiq Khan]], the far-left London mayor known for his links to [[Radical Islam|Muslim extremism]], was "controlled by Islamists".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/02/24/tories-suspend-lee-anderson-mp-for-claiming-sadiq-khan-controlled-by-islamists/ Conservative Party Suspends Lee Anderson MP After Claiming Sadiq Khan Controlled by ‘Islamists’]</ref>