Sarah Bool | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
Majority | 3,687 (6.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Sarah Anne-Marie Bool [1] 1987or1988(age 36–37) [2] |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | Oriel College,Oxford |
Website | www |
Sarah Anne-Marie Bool [1] (born 1987or1988) [2] is a British Conservative Party politician and lawyer who has been the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire since 2024. [3]
Bool grew up in Rutland and attended English Martyrs Primary School in Oakham and Stamford High School. Her father,Ken Bool,was a member of Rutland County Council. [2] She read Modern History at Oriel College,Oxford and completed a law conversion course in London before working as a solicitor. She has Type 1 diabetes. [4]
In the 2019 general election she stood as the Conservative candidate for Vauxhall,coming third behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats. [5]
In 2024 general election she succeeded Andrea Leadsom as MP for South Northamptonshire.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sarah Bool | 19,191 | 35.7 | −27.5 | |
Labour | Rufia Ashraf | 15,504 | 28.9 | +8.1 | |
Reform UK | Paul Hogan | 8,962 | 16.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Tolley | 4,989 | 9.3 | −1.8 | |
Green | Emmie Williamson | 3,040 | 5.7 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Ian McCord | 1,556 | 2.9 | New | |
Workers Party | Mick Stott | 246 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | Stuart Robert | 209 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,687 | 6.8 | −35.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,697 | 68.6 | −4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 78,233 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −17.8 |
Sarah, 31, moved to the capital seven years ago, having read modern history at Oriel College, Oxford, and obtaining a law degree from the College of Law.