Sarah Gibson (politician)

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2024–present
Sarah Gibson
MP
Official portrait of Sarah Gibson MP crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Chippenham
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024		 Business
Personal details
BornApril 1966 (age 59) [1]
Political party Liberal Democrats
Education
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 (now The Bartlett) 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]

According to the Wiltshire Times, "after qualifying as an architect, she set up a practice in Barcelona, before coming back to Wiltshire in 2013." [9]

Political career

Councillor

Gibson was first elected to Wiltshire Council in May 2017 serving the Bradford-on-Avon South division, within the Melksham and Devizes Constituency. She was elected again in May 2021. [10]

As a member of several council committees, including the strategic planning committee, Gibson has voted to refuse applications submitted for the locally controversial [11] £200m Westbury incinerator. [12]

In 2021, Gibson, who was first elected a town councillor in May 2018, served as the mayor of Bradford-on-Avon. [13] [14]

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. [15]

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. [16]

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. [17]

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah GIBSON". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Chippenham - General election results 2024". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. 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. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "LABOX LIMITED people". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Register of interests for Cllr Sarah Gibson MP". Democratic Services - Wiltshire Council. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "www.laboxdesign.com" . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Sarah Gibson". Register of Interests. Wiltshire Council. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Lib Dem Candidate for Chippenham: Sarah Gibson". Wiltshire Times. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Councillor details - Cllr Sarah Gibson MP". Democratic Services - Wiltshire Council. 7 July 2024. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Westbury incinerator row: How did we get here?". BBC News. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Response to approval of Westbury Incinerator". Bradford on Avon Town Council. 23 June 2021. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Your Councillors". Bradford on Avon Town Council. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Charging up". Bradford on Avon Town Council. 24 September 2021. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  15. ↑ Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2024 - Wiltshire Debate. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Ed Davey drives tractor in new Lib Dem stunt as he vows to knock down Blue Wall". The Independent. 3 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  17. ↑ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10009 Archived 7 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine
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