Katie White | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Leeds North West | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Alex Sobel |
| Majority | 11,896 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1980or1981(age 43–44) Adel,Leeds,England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Sam White |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow (MA) |
| Website | katie4leedsnw |
Katie Jayne White OBE (born 1980or1981) [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Leeds North West since 2024.
White was born and grew up in Adel,Leeds. [2] She was privately educated at Leeds Girls' High School, [3] and received a Master of Arts degree in Politics from the University of Glasgow in 2003. [4]
After graduating White did an internship in Washington DC where she first became interested in the issue of climate change. [3] She went on to work at Friends of the Earth,during her time there she co-led the campaign for the Climate Change Act 2008. [4] [5]
In 2009 White aided the UK government to prepare for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, [6] and went on to work at the newly created Department for Energy and Climate Change. From October 2012 to April 2014 she was European campaigns director of One.org,and she then became an independent campaigns director. [7]
She worked for WWF as Director for Campaigns and Advocacy from September 2019 to April 2024, [4] [7] and in 2019 she joined private school operator Nord Anglia Education,leading their charitable foundation. [8] White is a trustee of the Mindfulness Initiative,which works with politicians to introduce the practice of mindfulness into policy-making. [9]
Following a hustings in Leeds North West in November 2023,White was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the next general election; [10] this was later called to take place on 4 July 2024. She won the seat with 46% of the vote and a majority of 11,896 over the second-placed Conservative candidate. There were a total of seven candidates,and a turnout of 70%. [11]
Although Alex Sobel had previously held Leeds North West for Labour,boundary changes following the 2023 boundary changes meant that the notional 2019 result for the current seat was Conservative,so the result was described as a "Labour gain from Conservative". [11] [12] White is the first female MP to be elected to the Leeds North West constituency. [13]
White's campaigning work led to her being appointed OBE in the 2013 Birthday Honours. [8] She was described in the official citation as "lately Head of International and UK Engagement,Department of Energy and Climate Change",and the award was "For services to tackling Climate Change Engagement in the UK and overseas". [14]
White is married to Sam White and has two children. [8] [15]
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