Jo Swinson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 44 |
| Web site | www.joswinson.org.uk |
| Date of birth | February 5,1980 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Glasgow |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Duncan Hames |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Party | Liberal Democrats |
| Books | Equal Power: Shortlisted for the Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian 2018 |
| Job | Politician |
| Spokesperson | |
| Education | Douglas Academy |
| London School of Economics and Political Science | |
| Nationality | British |
| Parents | Peter Swinson |
| Annette Swinson | |
| Previous position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (2017–2019) |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 398943 |
Jo Swinson Life story
Joanne Kate Swinson CBE FRSA is a British former politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from July to December 2019. She was the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position, as well as the shortest-serving holder of the post.
Biography
Jo swinson is a member of parlaiment of the united kingdom.She was born on 5 february 1980 in east kilbride.Scotland.She is 40 yaers old.She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs around 55 kg.She has blue eyes and a slim body type.Her zodiac sign is aquarius and her nationality is british.Education and Career
Jo swinson studied at the university of glasgow and graduated with a degree in social and political sciences.She then wnet on to work as a marketnig manager for the royal mail.In 2005.She was elected as the member of parliament for east dunbartonshire.She has since held various positions in the government.Includnig minister for employment relations.Consumer and postal affairs.And minister for women and equalities.Family and Relationships
Jo swinson is married to duncan hames.A former liberal deomcrat mp.They hvae two children together.She has two siblings.A brother and a sister.Her parents are john and elizabeth swinson.Success
Jo swinson has achieved graet success in her political career.In 2019.She was appointed deputy leader of the liberla democrats and became the first female leader of the party.She has also been a vocal advocate for gender equality and has campaigned for the rights of women and girls.Most Important Event
The most important event in jo swinosn s craeer was her appointment as deptuy leader of the liberal democrats in 2019.This made her the first female leader of the party and she has since been a strong advocate for gender equality.She has also eben a vocal supporter of the uk s membership of the european union and has campaigned for a people s vote on brexit.Lib Dem conference: Ed Davey pounds Tories in election warm-up speech
... Sir Ed s critique has long been that the party spread itself way too thinly at the 2019 election, when his predecessor Jo Swinson talked of winning hundreds of seats...
Lib Dems to launch conference with £5bn-a-year free social care plan
... But the party has moved away from the Europhile stance of its previous leader, Jo Swinson, who promised to take the UK back into the EU and stood down after a poor showing in the 2019 general election...
Voters aren't talking about Brexit, says Lib Dem leader
... It s a far cry from former leader Jo Swinson standing in front of " Stop Brexit" banners in the winter election of 2019...
Liberal Democrats see Tory seats as way out of wilderness
... Party insiders say there will be no more talk of winning a general election outright, seen as one of the mistakes made by former leader Jo Swinson...
Liberal Democrats eye blue wall seats in wake of Tory turmoil
... At the 2019 general election the then party leader Jo Swinson touted herself as the UK s next prime minister and talked of winning " hundreds of seats"...
MPs should not bring babies into Commons chamber, review says
... " Former Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson is thought to have been the first MP to take her baby into the chamber during a debate, when she cradled her son in the Commons in 2018...
Tiverton and Honiton: Can the Lib Dems turn a true-blue seat yellow?
... Earlier in the day I spotted Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, on a train heading west, and asked if his party s " Stop Brexit" slogan under former leader Jo Swinson in 2019 damaged its chances here in 2022...
No babies allowed in Commons, MP Stella Creasy told
... Former Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson to cradle her baby during a debate in the Commons chamber in 2018...
General election 2019: Animated tour in 10 stops
Scroll to take a Guided Tour of the UK's results to find out how Boris Johnson gained the largest Conservative majority since the 1980s, while Labour took its lowest number of seats since 1935.
Find out how the UK voted Conservatives: 365 Labour: 203 SNP: 48 Lib Dems: 11 DUP: 8 Sinn Fein : 7 Plaid Cymru : 4 SDLP: 2 Green: 1 Alliance Party: 1 Scroll to find out how the UK voted Animation enabled(1/10) The Conservatives won 365 seats, giving Boris Johnson a majority of 80. Their 44% share of the vote was the highest since Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979. So how did this happen?
(2/10) Right at the beginning of The Night it was clear something unusual had happened. The third seat to declare, Blyth Valley, had been Labour for nearly 70 years and was predicted to stay that way. Labour lost Here by 712 votes.
Blyth Valley results Conservatives 43% Labour 41% Brexit 8% Lib Dems 5% Green 3%(3/10) This story was repeated again and again, as Labour's " Red Wall" in the North crumbled. Labour's vote share reduced by 13% in the North East and 10% in Yorkshire & Humber . Many of these seats voted strongly to leave the EU.
(4/10) Many northern Conservative wins were due more to a reduced Labour vote than a large boost for the Tories. However, in Wakefield , which had been Labour since 1932, the Tories won a majority of over 3,000.
Wakefield results Conservatives 47% Labour 40% Brexit 6% Lib Dems 4% Yorkshire Party 2% Independent 1%(5/10) By around 02:00 GMT the Conservatives started to win seats in Wales, taking six from Labour in total. Plaid Cymru held on to their four seats, but a Remain pact with The Greens and Liberal Democrats failed to create a Breakthrough .
(6/10) The Liberal Democrats had hoped to win back seats in The South West that they lost to the Tories in 2015. Despite increasing their share of the vote by 3%, the Lib Dems failed to win any new seats Here .
(7/10) Jo Swinson , the Liberal Democrat leader, narrowly lost her seat of East Dunbartonshire in Scotland to the Scottish National Party , who had a Good Night .
East Dunbartonshire results SNP 37% Lib Dems 37% Conservatives 14% Labour 9% Green 2% Independent 0%(8/10) The SNP won 14 seats overall, from the Liberal Democrats , Tories and Labour. They now have 48 seats, up 13 from 2017 and only slightly down from their 2015 Landslide .
(9/10) In Northern Ireland the DUP, who had backed the Conservatives since 2017, lost two of their seats, including their Westminster leader Nigel Dodds . The SDLP picked up two and The Alliance Party won One .
(10/10) Across the UK Labour suffered 60 losses. Their only gain was Putney in London, but Kensington, which they'd won in 2017, went back to the Conservatives. Despite breaking even in London, a largely Remain voting area, Labour's vote share still declined by 6%.
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