Jo Swinson
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| Born | 5 February 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | London School of Economics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Duncan Hames | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK | ||||||||||||||||||
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Joanne Kate Swinson (born 5 February 1980) is a British politician who has been Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 22 July 2019. She is the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position. She has been the Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire since the UK/2017 General Election, having previously held the seat between the 2005 and 2015 General Elections.
Swinson studied at the London School of Economics, and briefly worked in public relations, before being elected to the House of Commons, becoming the youngest MP at the time.[1] She served as the Liberal Democrats' Spokesperson covering various portfolios, including Scotland, Women and Equalities, Communities and Local Government, and Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.[2]
In 2010, after the Liberal Democrats entered into a Cameron–Clegg coalition government with the Conservative Party, Swinson served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, and was later appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs.[3] She lost her seat in the 2015 General Election, but regained it in the snap election held two years later. Shortly after returning to Parliament, she was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats.[4] In July 2019, after the retirement of Vince Cable, Swinson defeated Ed Davey in a leadership election to become Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:The UK's Macabre Final Election | blog post | 11 November 2019 | Craig Murray | This election is sordid, tawdry, corrupt and uninspiring; a fitting end for the UK and its long history of callous exploitation. |
| Document:The Unprincipled – and Potentially Racist – Lib Dems | blog post | 13 September 2019 | Craig Murray | If LibDem candidate Clareine Enderby is indeed replaced by Luciana Berger she will be a victim of racism, as the sole grounds on which Ms Berger is being touted as preferable for the 20% Jewish Finchley and Golders Green constituency is her ethnicity. |
References
- ↑ "Jo Swinson"
- ↑ "Campaign For Gender Balance". genderbalance.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2012. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- ↑ "Sky News Newsdesk on Twitter: "Jo Swinson has been elected as deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats"". Twitter.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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