Alison Bennett | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mims Davies |
Majority | 6,662 (12.5%) |
Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
2024–present | Care and Carers |
Member of Mid Sussex District Council for Hurstpierpoint Hurstpierpoint and Downs (2019–2023) | |
Assumed office 6 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Alison Elizabeth Bennett is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex since 2024.
Bennett was educated at The King's School,Gloucester,and Newnham College,Cambridge,graduating in 1999 with a degree in social and political sciences. [1] [2] Bennett worked for British Airways and then E.ON. [3]
Bennett contested Arundel and South Downs for the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election,coming second to the Conservative candidate Andrew Griffith. [4]
She has served as a member of Mid Sussex District Council,representing the wards of Hurstpierpoint and Downs from 2019 to 2023 and Hurstpierpoint since 2023. [5] [6] Bennett was the council's deputy leader when she was selected to stand in the 2024 general election. [7]
In the 2024 General Election,she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex 39.6% of the vote becoming the first Liberal Democrat MP for the constituency since its creation in 1974. [8]