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His partner, Jennifer Churchill, was a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] councillor in Richmond upon Thames after defecting from the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] in 2015.<ref name="Ambrose">{{Cite news |url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/13775964.Lib_Dem_councillor_defects_to_Jeremy_Corbyn_s_Labour/ |title=Teddington councillor Jennifer Churchill defects from Lib Dems to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour |last=Ambrose, Tom; |
His partner, Jennifer Churchill, was a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] councillor in Richmond upon Thames after defecting from the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] in 2015.<ref name="Ambrose">{{Cite news |url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/13775964.Lib_Dem_councillor_defects_to_Jeremy_Corbyn_s_Labour/ |title=Teddington councillor Jennifer Churchill defects from Lib Dems to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour |last=Ambrose, Tom; Odling, George |date=22 September 2015 |work=[[Richmond and Twickenham Times]] |access-date=10 July 2017}}</ref> She failed to be re-elected in May 2018 when she stood in West Twickenham, finishing behind Liberal Democrat and Conservative candidates.<ref>{{cite web|title=Election results for West Twickenham|url=https://cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=100&RPID=505211860|accessdate=5 May 2018}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:04, 8 July 2019
Stephen Knight | |
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| Member of the London Assembly as the 5th Additional Member | |
| In office 1 May 2012 – 5 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Tuffrey |
| Succeeded by | Peter Whittle |
| Councillor for Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council | |
| In office 4 May 2006 – 3 May 2018 | |
| Ward | Teddington |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats (2006–2018) Labour (2018–present) |
| Occupation | politician |
Stephen Knight is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom who has previously been a member of the London Assembly for the Liberal Democrats.
Political career
Knight was a councillor in Richmond upon Thames and a past leader of the Liberal Democrat group there. From 2006 to 2010, he served as Deputy Leader with responsibility for finance. He was largely responsible for the rebuilding of Teddington School under the Building Schools for the Future programme.
He was elected as a London-wide member of the London Assembly in 2012, but did not stand in 2016 after being demoted by party members from second place to fifth place on the Liberal Democrat candidate list.[1]
He defected to the Labour Party in January 2018[2] and was not re-elected on 3 May 2018.
Personal life
His partner, Jennifer Churchill, was a Labour councillor in Richmond upon Thames after defecting from the Liberal Democrats in 2015.[3] She failed to be re-elected in May 2018 when she stood in West Twickenham, finishing behind Liberal Democrat and Conservative candidates.[4]
References
- ^ George Odling (19 March 2016). "Stephen Knight attends last Mayor's Question Time as he withdraws from London Assembly elections". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ Cuffe, Grainne. "Teddington Councillor Stephen Knight quits Lib Dems and joins the Labour Party". Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Ambrose, Tom; Odling, George (22 September 2015). "Teddington councillor Jennifer Churchill defects from Lib Dems to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Election results for West Twickenham". Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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