Antonia Bance | |
|---|---|
| Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Tipton and Wednesbury | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Shaun Bailey |
| Majority | 3,385 (10.6%) |
| Member of Oxford City Council for Rose Hill and Iffley | |
| In office 4 May 2006 –12 March 2013 [1] | |
| Preceded by | William Buckingham [2] |
| Succeeded by | Michele Paule [3] |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) |
Antonia Kay Bance [4] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Tipton and Wednesbury since 2024. [5]
Bance grew up in South London. [6] She received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Oxford,where she served as a Vice President of the Student Union. [7]
Bance has worked as the Trades Union Congress's head of campaigns and communications. [8]
From 2011–2014,she was head of campaigns for Shelter. [9] Antonia has also worked on campaigning and public policy for the Diana Memorial Fund,[ citation needed ] Oxfam and YWCA.[ citation needed ] Bance was domestic violence charity SafeLives' director of policy and communications in 2014-15. [8]
Bance was the Labour Party candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2005 general election. [6] [10]
She was elected to Oxford City Council in 2006,representing Rose Hill and Iffley,and re-elected in 2010. [11] She resigned from the Council in 2013 to focus on her job at Shelter. [9]
Bance supported Jon Cruddas in Labour's 2007 deputy leadership election, [12] and Ed Balls in the 2010 leadership election. [13] She supported Bridget Phillipson in the 2025 deputy leadership election. [14]