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| − | '''Wendy Anne Chamberlain''' is a Scottish [[Liberal Democrat]] politician serving as Chief Whip of the [[Liberal Democrats]] and the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] since 2020. Chamberlain has | + | '''Wendy Anne Chamberlain''' is a Scottish [[Liberal Democrat]] politician serving as Chief Whip of the [[Liberal Democrats]] and the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]] since 2020. Chamberlain has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife since 2019.<ref>''[https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,getting-to-know-you-wendy-chamberlain_15215.htm "Getting to know you: Wendy Chamberlain"]''</ref> |
Wendy Chamberlain was elected to the [[House of Commons]] of the [[United Kingdom]] as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for North East Fife in the [[UK/2019 General Election]] and served as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Northern Ireland and International Development from January 2020 to September 2020.<ref>''[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18289774.wendy-chamberlain-my-dad-said-eejits-telly-politicians-point/ "Wendy Chamberlain: 'My dad said if eejits on the telly could be politicians then I could too...and he had a point'"]''</ref> | Wendy Chamberlain was elected to the [[House of Commons]] of the [[United Kingdom]] as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for North East Fife in the [[UK/2019 General Election]] and served as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Northern Ireland and International Development from January 2020 to September 2020.<ref>''[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18289774.wendy-chamberlain-my-dad-said-eejits-telly-politicians-point/ "Wendy Chamberlain: 'My dad said if eejits on the telly could be politicians then I could too...and he had a point'"]''</ref> | ||
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| Born | 20 December 1976 |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Party | LibDem |
Wendy Anne Chamberlain is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician serving as Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Scotland and Wales since 2020. Chamberlain has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife since 2019.[1]
Wendy Chamberlain was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife in the UK/2019 General Election and served as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Northern Ireland and International Development from January 2020 to September 2020.[2]
Early life and career
Born in Greenock, Inverclyde, Wendy Chamberlain was the older of two daughters. She studied English at the University of Edinburgh, and was a member of the "Edinburgh University Footlights", a student-run musical-theatre group, and performed in a show with the group at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The daughter of a police officer, after finishing university she joined the police force. During her twelve years as a police officer, Chamberlain worked for the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland and the Scottish Police College.[3]
After leaving the police, Chamberlain worked as a Communications Lecturer at Fife College, before becoming a Training Manager for the Scottish Resettlement Centre, a Ministry of Defence contractor in Rosyth, and then a Capability Manager for British multinational alcoholic beverages company, Diageo. While working in the private sector, Chamberlain was a Member of the Chartered Management Institute and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. In 2017, Chamberlain became a member of the board of the Camanachd Association, the world governing body of the Scottish sport of shinty, becoming the first female director of the Association.[4]
Emergency Commons debate
On 4 November 2021, Wendy Chamberlain secured an emergency three-hour debate in the House of Commons following the Owen Paterson fiasco which took place on Monday, 8 November 2021.[5]
Sleaze debate
| Wendy Chamberlain opens (1:50 to 18:10) and closes (2:57:20 to 3:01:55) the sleaze debate |
Boris Johnson was accused of “running scared” after he dodged scrutiny in Parliament by visiting a hospital in Northumberland, leaving cabinet colleague Stephen Barclay to face furious MPs.
There were cries of “Run, Boris, Run!” in the Commons chamber as Liberal Democrat chief whip Wendy Chamberlain told MPs:
“This is a prime minister who flew to Afghanistan to escape a vote on Heathrow when he was foreign secretary, and has driven to the northeast to escape questions today.
“This is almost the kind of behaviour we would expect to see in the Duma in Moscow, National People’s Congress in Beijing, not in the House of Commons.
“They say a fish rots from the head down, and I’m disappointed to see that the prime minister has chosen not to turn up today to answer questions… You can’t help but feel that he thinks the rules don’t apply to him.”
Conservative former chief whip Mark Harper told MPs:
“If the team captain gets it wrong, then I think he should come and apologise to the public and to this house, that’s the right thing to do in terms of demonstrating leadership."
Chair of the Commons Standards Committee, Chris Bryant MP, appealed for the government to table a motion to overturn last week’s vote and allow MPs to affirm his committee’s judgement that Owen Paterson’s behaviour was “inappropriate”.[6]
References
- ↑ "Getting to know you: Wendy Chamberlain"
- ↑ "Wendy Chamberlain: 'My dad said if eejits on the telly could be politicians then I could too...and he had a point'"
- ↑ "Ones to watch: The most promising new MPs of 2019"
- ↑ "Wendy Chamberlain: ‘I’ve been described as the Lib Dem who picks up all the bits and pieces’"
- ↑ "This is Boris Johnson’s Super League moment. This corrupt government thought they could get away with rigging the system without anyone realising. Now they have been forced into a humiliating U-turn after a huge public backlash."
- ↑ "‘Running scared’: Tories join attack on ‘cowardly’ Boris Johnson as he dodges sleaze debate"
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