Constituency : Oxford West and Abingdon 2017-?
Layla scored the most surprising Liberal Democrat victory of the election in recapturing Oxford West, a seat that had been lost in 2010 rather than 2015.
Layla is the daughter of a British diplomat father and a Palestinian mother. She was educated at Roedean and Imperial College, London. She became a maths and physics teacher at international schools. In 2013, she became academic manager for Oxford Study Courses. She was briefly arrested for slapping her partner at the Liberal Democrat conference in 2013 but no charges were brought. She stood for Battersea in 2010 and for the London Assembly in 2012.She stood for Oxford West in 2015 maintaining second place.
Layla became education spokesperson. She had a lot of support to stand for leader when Vince Cable stood down but eventually decided against it.
Layla is multi-lingual.
She is now 36.
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