Sarah Gibson (politician)

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Sarah Gibson
MP
Sarah Gibson Temporary Parliamentary Portrait, July 2024.jpg
Member of Parliament
for Chippenham
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Website chippenhamlibdems.org.uk/sarah-gibson

Sarah Gibson (born April 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham since the 2024 general election. [2] Before her election to parliament, Gibson was elected to Wiltshire Council in 2017 and 2021.

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Early life and career

Gibson attended the comprehensive Ralph Allen School. She graduated with a BA in architecture from Kingston University in 1987 and gained a postgraduate diploma in architecture at University College London's Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning in 1991. [3] [4]

Gibson is a director and shareholder, since 2014 and 2016 respectively, of the Bradford-on-Avon architecture firm Labox [5] [6] (stylised as LABOX [7] ). In December 2022, she began working as a part-time tutor at the University of Bath's Engineering and Architecture department. [8]

Political career

Councillor

Gibson was first elected to Wiltshire Council in May 2017 serving the Bradford-on-Avon South division. She was elected again in May 2021. [9]

As a member of several council committees, including the strategic planning committee, Gibson has voted to refuse applications submitted for the locally controversial [10] £200m Westbury incinerator. [11]

In 2021, Gibson, who was first elected a town councillor in May 2018, served as the mayor of Bradford-on-Avon. [12] [13]

2024 general election campaign

During the UK's 2024 general election campaign, in which she was a parliamentary candidate, Gibson represented Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire on a debate programme (released 19 June 2024) for the BBC's Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2024 series. [14]

She also took part in one of the Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey's election campaign stunts on 3 July 2024. Gibson, Lib Dem activists, and local & national media watched Sir Ed Davey drive a yellow JCB tractor around a Wiltshire field vowing to knock down the blue wall. [15]

Parliamentary career

Gibson was elected as the Member of Parliament for Chippenham at the 2024 general election, winning with 45.5% of the vote and a majority of 8,138. [16]

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References

  1. "Sarah GIBSON personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. "Chippenham - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sarah-gibson-0860a11a
  4. "Our new MPs Max Wilkinson, Sarah Gibson, Anna Sabine, Brian Mathew, Vikki Slade". Liberal Democrat Voice. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. "LABOX LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. "Register of interests for Cllr Sarah Gibson MP". Democratic Services - Wiltshire Council. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. "www.laboxdesign.com" . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. "Sarah Gibson | Bradford on Avon Council | Register of interests | Town and Parish Council | Wiltshire Council". services.wiltshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  9. "Councillor details - Cllr Sarah Gibson MP". Democratic Services - Wiltshire Council. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. "Westbury incinerator row: How did we get here?". BBC News. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  11. "Response to approval of Westbury Incinerator". Bradford on Avon Town Council. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  12. "Your Councillors". Bradford on Avon Town Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  13. "Charging up". Bradford on Avon Town Council. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  14. Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2024 - Wiltshire Debate . Retrieved 6 July 2024 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. "Ed Davey drives tractor in new Lib Dem stunt as he vows to knock down Blue Wall". The Independent. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  16. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009
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