Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mims Davies |
| Majority | 6,662 (12.5%) |
| Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
| 2024–present | Care and Carers |
| Member of Mid Sussex District Council for Hurstpierpoint Hurstpierpoint and Downs (2019–2023) | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Alison Elizabeth Bennett is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex since 2024.
Education and career
[edit]Bennett was educated at The King's School, Gloucester, and Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating in 1999 with a degree in social and political sciences.[1][2] Bennett worked for British Airways and then E.ON.[3]
Political career
[edit]Bennett contested Arundel and South Downs for the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election, coming second to the Conservative candidate Andrew Griffith.[4]
She has served as a member of Mid Sussex District Council, representing the wards of Hurstpierpoint and Downs from 2019 to 2023 and Hurstpierpoint since 2023.[5][6] Bennett was the council's deputy leader when she was selected to stand in the 2024 general election.[7]
In the 2024 General Election, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex 39.6% of the vote becoming the first Liberal Democrat MP for the constituency since its creation in 1974.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Congregations of the Regent House on 25 and 26 June 1999". Cambridge University Reporter. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-e-bennett/?originalSubdomain=uk
- ^ Self, Josh (7 March 2024). "Will Blur drummer Dave Rowntree win for Labour in Mid Sussex?". Politics.co.uk.
- ^ "Arundel & South Downs Parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Alison Bennett". Mid Sussex District Council. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Alison Bennett". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Smith, Lawrence (27 June 2024). "Liberal Democrat Party Parliamentary candidate for Mid Sussex Alison Bennett reveals priorities: fixing the NHS, improving education and creating a society 'where people can be themselves'". Sussex Express. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Mid Sussex | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
External links
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- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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- Living people
- Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
- British Airways people
- Councillors in West Sussex
- Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
- Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK councillors 2019–2023
- UK councillors 2023–2027
- UK MPs 2024–present
- Women councillors in England
- UK MP for England stubs