Thursday 15 August 2019
2339 Sarah Wollaston
Constituency : Totnes 2010-19 ( Conservative ), 2019 ( Change UK ), 2019-?
Sarah joined the Liberal Democrats in a much-anticipated switch following the disintegration of Change UK.
Sarah was born in Woking to an army officer. She was educated at a girls grammar school in Watford and Guys Hospital Medical School. She had a varied medical career in hospital paediatrics, police surgery, teaching and general practice. She joined the Tories in 2006 and put her name forward for Totnes as part of David Cameron's open primaries experiment. She defeated two more experienced politicians in the primary and won the seat comfortably in 2010. She declined to be appointed a PPS to a health minister. She became chair of the Health Select Committee in 2014. She took an independent stance on a number of issues. She initially supported Vote Leave in 2016 but switched sides after the promise of £350 billion for the NHS denouncing it as a lie. She joined Change UK in February 2019 but left after the European elections.
She is now 57.
Friday 2 August 2019
2338 Jane Dodds
Constituency : Brecon and Radnorshire 2019-?
Well I'm back again with a new Liberal Democrat MP to cover. Earlier today Jane was confirmed as the winner of the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election after the Tory incumbent was recalled due to expenses fraud. She was helped by Plaid Cymru and the Greens standing down in the Remain cause.
Jane is from Wrexham and speaks Welsh. She was educated at Cardiff University and became a social worker specialising in child protection. She was a councillor or Richmond-upon-Thames between 2006 and 2010. She stood in Montgomery in 2015, 2016 ( Welsh Assembly ) and 2017, coming second each time. She became leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats in 2017.
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