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Munira Wilson attended Henrietta Barnett School, a state grammar school in north London. She then went on to study at [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]]{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} from 1996 to 2000, where she graduated with a degree in Modern Languages (French and German), including a year abroad as an English assistant in two secondary schools in southern France. |
Munira Wilson attended Henrietta Barnett School, a state grammar school in north London. She then went on to study at [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]]{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} from 1996 to 2000, where she graduated with a degree in Modern Languages (French and German), including a year abroad as an English assistant in two secondary schools in southern France. |
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After graduation, she trained as a tax consultant with [[Ernst & Young]]. She then switched to working for the Liberal Democrats, becoming the campaigns organiser for [[Sue Doughty]] and the [[Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)|Guildford]] Liberal Democrats in 2004-5, ahead of Doughty losing her Guildford seat at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]]. She went on to work for newly elected MP [[Nick Clegg]] for the first six months of 2006. She subsequently went on to spend over a decade as a lobbyist, until her election to Parliament in 2019, firstly for [[Save the Children]] (2006-8), then for [[Beating Bowel Cancer]] (2008-9), and [[Novartis]] (2009-15, where she rose to become head of government affairs - pharmaceuticals). She then entered the public sector as a strategic account manager at [[NHS Digital]] from 2015-6, before returning to lobbying in 2016-9 as corporate affairs director, UK & Ireland for the German science and technology company Merck |
After graduation, she trained as a tax consultant with [[Ernst & Young]]. She then switched to working for the Liberal Democrats, becoming the campaigns organiser for [[Sue Doughty]] and the [[Guildford (UK Parliament constituency)|Guildford]] Liberal Democrats in 2004-5, ahead of Doughty losing her Guildford seat at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]]. She went on to work for newly elected MP [[Nick Clegg]] for the first six months of 2006. She subsequently went on to spend over a decade as a lobbyist, until her election to Parliament in 2019, firstly for [[Save the Children]] (2006-8), then for [[Beating Bowel Cancer]] (2008-9), and [[Novartis]] (2009-15, where she rose to become head of government affairs - pharmaceuticals). She then entered the public sector as a strategic account manager at [[NHS Digital]] from 2015-6, before returning to lobbying in 2016-9 as corporate affairs director, UK & Ireland for the German science and technology company Merck KGaA Darmstadt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/munira-wilson-0824002a/?originalSubdomain=uk|title=Munira Wilson's LinkedIn page|access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref> |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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Revision as of 23:24, 13 January 2020
Munira Wilson | |
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| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care | |
| Assumed office 6 January 2020 | |
| Leader | Ed Davey & Mark Pack |
| Preceded by | Luciana Berger |
| Member of Parliament for Twickenham | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Vince Cable |
| Majority | 14,121 (21.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Munira Sherali Hassam[1] 1978[citation needed] |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse | Michael Robert Wilson[2] |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lobbyist |
Munira Hassam Wilson (née Hassam)[1] (born 1978)[citation needed] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham at the 2019 general election. She succeeded the former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable as MP.
Early life
Munira Wilson attended Henrietta Barnett School, a state grammar school in north London. She then went on to study at St Catharine's College, Cambridge[citation needed] from 1996 to 2000, where she graduated with a degree in Modern Languages (French and German), including a year abroad as an English assistant in two secondary schools in southern France.
After graduation, she trained as a tax consultant with Ernst & Young. She then switched to working for the Liberal Democrats, becoming the campaigns organiser for Sue Doughty and the Guildford Liberal Democrats in 2004-5, ahead of Doughty losing her Guildford seat at the 2005 general election. She went on to work for newly elected MP Nick Clegg for the first six months of 2006. She subsequently went on to spend over a decade as a lobbyist, until her election to Parliament in 2019, firstly for Save the Children (2006-8), then for Beating Bowel Cancer (2008-9), and Novartis (2009-15, where she rose to become head of government affairs - pharmaceuticals). She then entered the public sector as a strategic account manager at NHS Digital from 2015-6, before returning to lobbying in 2016-9 as corporate affairs director, UK & Ireland for the German science and technology company Merck KGaA Darmstadt.[3]
Political career
Wilson served a term as a councillor on Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council from 2006 to 2010. She contested Twickenham's neighbouring constituency of Feltham and Heston in 2010, where she came third. In the 2012 London Assembly election she stood in South West constituency.
She was selected in 2019 to replace Sir Vince Cable as the Liberal Democrat candidate in his Twickenham constituency, and went on to hold the seat with an increased majority at the 2019 United Kingdom general election. She won the seat with 36,166 votes (56.1% of the total votes cast), giving her a majority of 14,121 over her Conservative opponent. The Green Party in Twickenham had voted to stand aside to support Wilson.[4]
Wilson has opposed plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, and has worked to improve rail services in South West London as a councillor.[5] Twickenham is on a flight path to Heathrow, and Wilson has stated that “We are absolutely 100% opposed to Heathrow expansion.”[6]
Personal
Munira Hassam married Michael Wilson at St Stephen's, Twickenham, in 2007.[2] She is an active Christian.[7]
References
- ^ a b "London Borough of Richmond upon Thames – Borough Council Election – 4th May 2006" (PDF). 4 May 2006. West Twickenham Ward. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b "London Election 3rd May 2012". Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Munira Wilson's LinkedIn page". Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Twickenham Greens voted to stand aside regardless of Unite to Remain". South West Londoner. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Bayley, Sian (14 November 2019). "The candidates you can vote for in Twickenham". Mylondon.news. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Twickenham candidates take a stand against Heathrow expansion". South West Londoner. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Feltham candidates grilled at hustings". MyLondon. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- Living people
- Alumni of New Hall, Cambridge
- UK MPs 2019–
- 21st-century British women politicians
- Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- British politicians of Pakistani descent
- English people of Pakistani descent
- 1978 births