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'''Sarah Russell''' is a British politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]. A member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], she flipped the seat from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congleton General Election 2024 |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/congleton-159 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=[[Sky News]]}}</ref>
'''Sarah Alison Russell'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Russell - Candidate for Congleton in UK Parliamentary general election |url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/46006/sarah-russell |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Democracy Club Candidates |language=en-gb}}</ref> is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Congleton (UK Parliament constituency)|Congleton]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]. She is the first Labour politician to represent Congleton, having defeated the incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)||Conservative]] MP [[Fiona Bruce]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congleton General Election 2024 |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/congleton-159 |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=[[Sky News]]}}</ref>

Russell is a solicitor specialising in employment law, and was a councillor in [[Manchester]] from 2014 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Russell |url=https://www.mcrlabour.org.uk/2019/01/14/sarah-russell/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Manchester Labour |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Congleton: Former city councillor to stand for Cheshire seat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c84dmmgv0jxo |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>


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Revision as of 17:25, 6 July 2024

Sarah Russell
MP
Member of Parliament
for Congleton
Assumed office
5 July 2024
Preceded byFiona Bruce
Majority3,387
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Sarah Alison Russell[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Congleton since 2024. She is the first Labour politician to represent Congleton, having defeated the incumbent |Conservative MP Fiona Bruce.[2]

Russell is a solicitor specialising in employment law, and was a councillor in Manchester from 2014 to 2023.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Russell - Candidate for Congleton in UK Parliamentary general election". Democracy Club Candidates. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  2. ^ "Congleton General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Sarah Russell". Manchester Labour. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  4. ^ "Congleton: Former city councillor to stand for Cheshire seat". BBC News. 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-07-06.