Janet Daby
Janet Daby | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Lewisham East | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Heidi Alexander |
| Majority | 5,629 (25.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janet Jessica Daby 15 December 1970 |
| Political party | Labour |
Janet Jessica Daby (born c. 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who is Member of Parliament (MP) for the parliamentary constituency of Lewisham East in London. Daby won the seat at a by-election held on 14 June 2018.
Daby pledged to fight for the UK to remain in the European Union customs union and the single market.[1]
Early life
Daby's parents were Windrush migrants from Guyana and Jamaica, and has lived in Lewisham East for over 22 years. She was brought up on a council estate where, as a child, racist thugs pelted her windows with eggs three nights in a row.[2] She attended Blackheath Bluecoat School in Greenwich.[3]
Career
Daby is a Lewisham borough councillor, first elected in 2010, and was nominated as deputy mayor of the London Borough of Lewisham prior to her election as an MP. She previously worked in volunteer management and in children’s social care, and acted as a registered fostering manager.[4]
A by-election was triggered in Lewisham East by the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP Heidi Alexander in May 2018. Daby was selected as Labour's by-election candidate after hustings involving an all-women shortlist.[5] She retained the seat for Labour in the by-election on 14 June with 50.2% of the vote, although Labour's majority was reduced from 21,213 to 5,629. Turnout was 33.3%, roughly half of the 2017 election where it was 69.3%. [3]
Personal life
Daby has two children.[2]
References
- ^ Cowburn, Ashley (18 May 2018). "Lewisham East by-election: Brexit becomes key dividing line in contest to replace Heidi Alexander as Labour candidate". The Independent. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b Bloom, Dan (15 June 2018). "Who is Janet Daby? Profile of Labour's newest MP after victory in Lewisham East by-election". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ a b Simpson, Fiona (15 June 2018). "Lewisham East by-election result: Who is Labour's Janet Daby?". London Evening Standard.
- ^ "Janet Daby: our candidate for Lewisham East". Labour in London. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Lewisham East by-election: Janet Daby chosen to stand for Labour". BBC News. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
External links
- 1970s births
- Living people
- People from the London Borough of Lewisham
- 21st-century women politicians
- UK MPs 2017–
- Black British politicians
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- English people of Jamaican descent
- English people of Guyanese descent
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies