Charlotte Cane | |
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Member of Parliament for Ely and East Cambridgeshire | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 495 (0.9%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
Charlotte Kathryn Bourne Cane is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Ely and East Cambridgeshire since 2024.
Cane moved around growing up as her father was in the army,while her mother was a teacher. Cane studied ancient history and archaeology at the University of Birmingham,where she met her husband. The couple worked together as field archaeologists,but due to financial circumstances,Cane retrained as a chartered accountant. [1]
At the time of the General Election campaign,Cane had retired from her finance positions which had latterly been in the third sector. [2]
Cane first ran for election to Parliament in the 2019 general election,standing unsuccessfully as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Harlow. [3] [4] She was elected as the member of Parliament for Ely and East Cambridgeshire in the 2024 general election. Cane defeated the Conservative candidate Lucy Frazer,who was MP for South East Cambridgeshire,which covered much of the same area,from 2015 to 2024. [5]
In 1994,Cane moved to Reach,Cambridgeshire,for an arts charity job,where she later raised her two children. [1]
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