Dr Al Pinkerton | |
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Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Michael Gove |
Majority | 5,640 (11.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Scotland |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Surrey Heath |
Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
Occupation | Reader (Associate Professor) in Geopolitics |
Website | https://pinkerton.vote |
Dr Alasdair Pinkerton is a British Liberal Democrat politician and academic who has been Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath since 2024. [1]
Pinkerton was born and grew up in Scotland, [2] attending university in St Andrews. He has worked as an associate professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway University. [3]
In 2013,he served as an accredited observer of the Falkland Islands referendum.
Pinkerton first sought election to Parliament in 2019 in Surrey Heath delivering an unexpected 11.1% swing against incumbent Michael Gove. He spent the next five years pursuing Surrey Heath for the Lib Dems, [4] seeing them come close to taking a number of Surrey County Council seats in 2021 and then taking control of Surrey Heath Borough Council in 2023,for the first time in its 49-year history. [5]
"The Falkland Islands referendum" (2013) [6]
The Handbook of Displacement (2020) [7]
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