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Jo Swinson (born 5 Februar 1980) is a Scots Leeberal Democrat politeecian an is a umwhile Member o Pairlament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire constituency, haein held the seat frae 2005 (when she wis the youngest MP electit) tae 2015, an agin frae 2017 tae 2019.
Jo Swinson | |
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Leader o the Leeberal Democrats | |
In office 22 Julie 2019 – 13 December 2019 | |
Precedit bi | Vince Cable |
Succeedit bi | Sir Ed Davey & The Baroness Brinton (Actin) |
Pairlamentar Unner-Secretar o State for Employment Relations, Consumer an Postal Affairs an for Weemen an Equalities | |
In office 4 September 2012 – 8 Mey 2015 | |
Prime Meenister | David Cameron |
Precedit bi | Norman Lamb (as Pairlamentar Unner-Secretar o State for Employment Relations, Consumer an Postal Affairs) |
Succeedit bi | Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe |
Pairlamentar Private Secretar tae the Depute Prime Meenister | |
In office 3 Februar 2012 – 4 September 2012 | |
Prime Meenister | David Cameron |
Precedit bi | Norman Lamb |
Succeedit bi | Duncan Hames |
Depute Leader o the Scots Leeberal Democrats | |
In office 20 September 2010 – 23 September 2012 | |
Leader | Tavish Scott Willie Rennie |
Precedit bi | Michael Moore |
Succeedit bi | Alistair Carmichael |
Member o Pairlament for East Dunbartonshire | |
In office 9 Juin 2017 – 6 November 2019 | |
Precedit bi | John Nicolson |
Succeedit bi | Amy Callaghan |
In office 5 Mey 2005 – 30 Mairch 2015 | |
Precedit bi | Constituency creautit |
Succeedit bi | John Nicolson |
Personal details | |
Born | Glesga, Scotland | 5 Februar 1980
Naitionality | Breetish |
Poleetical pairty | Leeberal Democrat |
Spoose(s) | Duncan Hames (2011–present) |
Bairns | Andrew Lennox Marshall Hames |
Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Wabsteid | www.joswinson.org.uk |
In Julie 2019, Swinson wis electit tae succeed Vince Cable as leader o the Breetish Leeberal Democrats, acomin the first wumman an third Scot (efter Charles Kennedy an Menzies Campbell) tae be electit tae the role. It came juist a day afore Boris Johnson wis propaled as the naxt leader o the Conservative Pairty an Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick.
Swinson propaled her demission as pairty leader efter losin her seat tae Amy Callaghan o the Scots Naitional Pairty in the 2019 general election.
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