Sarah Dyke | |
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Member of Parliament for Glastonbury and Somerton Somerton and Frome (2023–2024) | |
Assumed office 20 July 2023 | |
Preceded by | David Warburton |
Majority | 6,611 (13.9%) |
Member of Somerset Council for Blackmoor Vale | |
Assumed office 5 May 2022 ServingwithNicola Clark | |
Preceded by | Division established |
Personal details | |
Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Education | Warminster School |
Alma mater | Harper Adams University |
Website | www |
Sarah Joanne Dyke (born 1971) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glastonbury and Somerton and previously the MP for Somerton and Frome.
Sarah Joanne Dyke,born in 1971,comes from a Somerset farming family that can be traced back over 250 years to the local area. [1] [2] [3] She was educated at Warminster School and studied Agricultural and Business Studies at Harper Adams University. [2]
Dyke has represented Blackmoor Vale on Somerset Council since the 2022 election and was lead member for environment and climate change. [4] She chaired the regeneration board for the council. [5] [6]
Dyke was selected as the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Somerton and Frome in May 2022. [7] On 17 June 2023,David Warburton,MP for Somerton and Frome since 2015,announced his intention to resign from Parliament following allegations of sexual harassment. [8] During her campaign it was reported that Dyke was a supporter of Extinction Rebellion. [9]
Dyke was elected as MP for the seat at the July 2023 by-election,with 21,187 votes (54.6 per cent):a majority of 11,008 (28.4 per cent) on a swing of 29.0% from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats. [10] On her election,she commented on the absence of her predecessor,saying:"Instead of an absent Conservative MP letting you down,you have an active Lib Dem MP lifting you up." [11]
She was sworn in as an MP on 4 September 2023 following the summer break, [12] along with Keir Mather and Steve Tuckwell. [13] Mather,from the Labour Party,was elected for Selby and Ainsty,and Tuckwell,from the Conservative Party,was elected for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in two by-elections held the same day as Dyke's.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,Somerton and Frome was abolished as a parliamentary constituency,to form two new constituencies:Glastonbury and Somerton and Frome and East Somerset,which were contested for the first time at the 2024 general election. [11]
Dyke was re-elected in the 2024 general election for the new seat of Glastonbury and Somerton,with 42.7% of the vote and a majority of 6,611 over the second-place Conservative candidate. The BBC had calculated that the changed boundaries made the new seat notionally Conservative,so categorised Dyke's victory as "Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative". [14] [15]
At the time of her election she owned sixty sheep,four dogs and a cat. [2] She also runs a second-hand goods business,Vintage Ghetto. [2] [16] [17]
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