Samantha Niblett | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Heather Wheeler |
| Majority | 4,168 (9.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | https://www.samanthaniblett.uk/ |
Samantha Ruth Margaret Niblett [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire since 2024. She gained the seat from Heather Wheeler. [2]
Prior to pursuing a full-time political career,Niblett worked at software company 1E as its Head of Alliances,Channel &Ecosystem;before 2022,she had worked in the information technology sector for more than 20 years. [3] [4] In 2022,she founded Labour Women in Tech,a campaign for the Labour Party to adopt policies to promote STEM subjects to girls and technology-related careers to women. [5] Labour Women in Tech held in launch event in July 2023 which was attended by then Labour MPs Lucy Powell and Jonathan Ashworth,as well as former Labour MP and future East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward,and future MP for Erewash Adam Thompson. [6]
In politics,Niblett unsuccessfully contested the 2019 and 2023 elections to Erewash Borough Council. [7] [8] In August 2023,she was successfully selected as the Labour Party candidate for the South Derbyshire constituency,which since the 2010 general election had been represented by Conservative MP Heather Wheeler. [9] At the 2019 general election,Wheeler had won South Derbyshire by a margin of 19,335 votes (36.3%) over the second-placed Labour candidate. [10] At the 2024 general election,Niblett defeated Wheeler by a margin of 4,168 votes (9.1%). [11] In doing so,Niblett became the first Labour MP for South Derbyshire since Mark Todd,who held the seat from 1997 to 2010,and is the first female Labour MP for South Derbyshire.
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