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Revision as of 19:22, 9 April 2020
Janet Daby | |
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| Shadow Minister for Faiths | |
| Assumed office 9 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Member of Parliament for Lewisham East | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Heidi Alexander |
| Majority | 17,008 (38.0%) |
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| Born | Janet Jessica Daby 15 December 1970 |
| Political party | Labour |
Janet Jessica Daby (born 15 December 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who is Member of Parliament (MP) for the parliamentary constituency of Lewisham East in London. Daby won the seat at a by-election held on 14 June 2018 and was re-elected on 12 December 2019 with 26,661 votes.[1]
Daby pledged to fight for the UK to remain in the European Union customs union and the single market.[2]
Early life
Daby's parents were Windrush migrants from Guyana and Jamaica.[3] She was brought up on a council estate where, as a child, racist thugs pelted her windows with eggs three nights in a row.[4] She attended Blackheath Bluecoat School in Greenwich.[3]
Political career
Daby is a former Lewisham borough councillor,[5] first elected in 2010,[6] and served as deputy mayor of the London Borough of Lewisham prior to her election as an MP.[7][8] She previously worked in volunteer management and in children's social care, and acted as a registered fostering manager.[7]
A by-election was triggered in Lewisham East by the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP Heidi Alexander in May 2018. Daby was selected as Labour's by-election candidate after hustings involving an all-women shortlist.[9] She retained the seat for Labour in the June 2018 by-election with 50.2% of the vote, although Labour's majority was reduced from 21,213 to 5,629.[10] Turnout, however, was 33.3%, roughly half of the 2017 election where it was 69.3%.
Personal life
Daby has two children. She has lived in Lewisham East for over 22 years.[4]
References
- ^ Somerville, Ewan (13 December 2019). "Lewisham East constituency results 2019: Labour's Janet Daby wins". Evening Standard. ESI Media. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Cowburn, Ashley (18 May 2018). "Lewisham East by-election: Brexit becomes key dividing line in contest to replace Heidi Alexander as Labour candidate". The Independent. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b Simpson, Fiona (15 June 2018). "Lewisham East by-election result: Who is Labour's Janet Daby?". Evening Standard.
- ^ a b Bloom, Dan (15 June 2018). "Who is Janet Daby? Profile of Labour's newest MP after victory in Lewisham East by-election". Mirror Online. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Lewisham Councillors Janet Daby and Alex Feis-Bryce stand down". Lewisham Labour Party. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Councillor Janet Daby". Lewisham Council. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Janet Daby: our candidate for Lewisham East". Labour in London. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Casalicchio, Emilio (19 May 2018). "Blow for Jeremy Corbyn as Janet Daby named Labour candidate for Lewisham East by-election". PoliticsHome. Dods Parliamentary Commmunications. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Lewisham East by-election: Janet Daby chosen to stand for Labour". BBC News. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Labour's Janet Daby wins Lewisham East in by-election". BBC News. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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- 1970s births
- Living people
- People from the London Borough of Lewisham
- 21st-century British women politicians
- UK MPs 2017–2019
- Black British politicians
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- English people of Jamaican descent
- English people of Guyanese descent
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 2019–