Antonia Bance | |
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Member of Parliament for Tipton and Wednesbury | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Shaun Bailey |
Majority | 3,385 (10.6%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Antonia Kay Bance [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Tipton and Wednesbury since 2024. [2]
Bance previously worked as the Trades Union Congress's head of campaigns and communications. She was also previously an councillor on the Oxford City Council,representing Rose Hill, [3] ,and Vice President (Women) of the Oxford University Student Union. [4] According to the TUC website,Bance "was previously domestic violence charity SafeLives' director of policy and communications in 2014-15.
From 2011–2014,she was head of campaigns for Shelter,leading Shelter's public campaigns to build more homes and fix private renting. Antonia has also worked on campaigning and public policy for the Diana Memorial Fund,Oxfam and YWCA." [5]
She is openly LGBT+. [6]
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