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Stephen Knight
Member of the London Assembly
as the 5th Additional Member
In office
1 May 2012 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byMike Tuffrey
Succeeded byPeter Whittle
Councillor for Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
In office
4 May 2006 – 6 May 2010
WardTeddington
Personal details
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Occupationpolitician
WebsiteStephen Knight

Stephen Knight was a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom and member of the London Assembly.

Political career

Knight is 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]

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