Jo Gideon
Jo Gideon | |
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Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Gareth Snell |
Majority | 670 (2.1%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Joanna Mary Gideon 7 November 1952 Birmingham, England, UK |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
Joanna Mary Gideon MP (born 7 November 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency since the 2019 general election.[1]
Early career
Gideon earned a degree from the University of Birmingham, and has worked in higher education as a small business owner and a ‘social entrepreneur. She ran a business importing and selling handmade paper.[2]
Political career
In the 2017 general election she stood in Great Grimsby, finishing 2,565 votes behind the Labour victor Melanie Onn.[3] She was elected in May 2019 as a borough councillor on Ashford Borough Council.[4] and was a cabinet member on Ashford Borough Council for Community Safety & Wellbeing. She stood down as councillor following her election to Parliament in December 2019.
She has also worked as an aide to Damian Green, former Cabinet minister and MP for Ashford since 1997.[5]
Personal life
Her daughter is actress Ingrid Oliver.[6]
References
- ^ "Stoke-on-Trent Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Jo Gideon". Who can I vote for. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Great Grimsby". BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Cllr Jo Gideon". Ashford Borough Council. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Disclosable Pecuniary Interests Councillor Jo (Joanna) Gideon". Ashford Borough Council. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2028298/bio.
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External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/class-of-2019-meet-the-new-mps
- 1952 births
- Living people
- UK MPs 2019–
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- 21st-century British women politicians
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Conservative Party (UK) councillors
- Councillors in Kent
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- People from Birmingham, West Midlands
- UK MPs 2019–present stubs
- Conservative MP for England stubs
- Conservative MP (UK), 1950s birth stubs