Emma Dent Coad
Emma Dent Coad | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Kensington | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Victoria Borwick |
| Majority | 20 (0.05%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Emma Dent Coad is the Labour Party MP for the Kensington constituency, first elected at the 2017 general election.
Biography
Dent Coad was born in Chelsea as the youngest of six in an Anglo-Spanish family, and has lived in North Kensington since 1986.[1] She was elected to Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in 2006, representing Golborne ward.[2] She is a member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority[3] and was a council-appointed board member of Kensington and Chelsea TMO from 2008[4] to 31 October 2012.[5]The Glenfell Action group indicates that Emma was on the board when residents first started raising concerns about the fire risk assessments at Glenfell Tower. [6]
She was elected MP for Kensington in the 2017 general election after she defeated the former Conservative MP Victoria Borwick with a majority of 20, overturning a 7,020 majority.[7] The announcement was finally made at around 9pm on 9 June 2017 after three recounts.[8]
She is studying for a PhD at the University of Liverpool's School of Architecture on "Constructing Modern Spain: Architecture, Politics and Ideology under Franco, 1939-1975",[9] which she has put on hold for a period on being elected.[10]
References
- ^ Kensington Labour: "Our parliamentary candidate for Kensington Linked 2017-06-10
- ^ "Welcome to Golborne Ward". The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Councillor Emma Dent Coad". London Fire Brigade. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "KCTMO AGM papers August 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Financial statements for year end 31st March 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "TMO still asleep at the wheel, Glenfell Action Group". Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Slawson, Nicola (9 June 2017). "Labour rounds off remarkable election with narrow victory in Kensington". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Simpson, Fiona (9 June 2017). "General Election 2017: Labour's Emma Dent Coad wins Kensington seat after THIRD recount". Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Current PhD Students - School of Architecture - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk.
- ^ The Daily Politics, BBC, 13 June 2017
External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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