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]
In the 2017 general election she stood in Great Grimsby, finishing 2,565 votes behind the Labour victor Melanie Onn.[2] She was elected in May 2019 as a borough councillor on Ashford Borough Council.[3] 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.
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.[4]
She has also worked as an aide to Rt Hon. Damian Green MP.[5]
Her daughter is actress Ingrid Oliver.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Stoke-on-Trent Central parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Great Grimsby". BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Cllr Jo Gideon". Ashford Borough Council. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Jo Gideon". Who can I vote for. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Disclosable Pecuniary Interests Councillor Jo (Joanna) Gideon". Ashford Borough Council. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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