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Angela Smith Bio

Angela Christine Smith is a former British politician. She served as a Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stockbridge from 2010 to 2019. She was also an MP for Sheffield Hillsborough from 2005 to 2010. Presently, she is a member of the Liberal Democrats. Previously, she worked as an MP for the Labour Party and then for Change UK. Before joining the Liberal Democrats, she was an Independent Politician.

She was born on 16 August 1961 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Currently, she is 60 years old as of 2021.

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Early life and Education

Smith grew up in Grimsby as her grandfather was Mayor there. She completed her early education at Waltham Leas Primary School now it is named The Leas Junior School in Waltham and she also attended Tollbar Secondary School in New Waltham in Lincolnshire.

When she was 16 years old, she joined the Labour party and worked for the NHS for five years. In 1987, she studied English at the University of Nottingham. She also started a Ph.D. at Newnham College, Cambridge but didn’t complete it. From 1994 until 2003,  she worked as an English lecturer at Dearne Valley College in Wath upon Dearne.

In 199, she was elected as a Labour member of Sheffield City Council. After that in 2000 and 2004, she won in the Birley ward but in 2005, she stood down.

Personal life

In 2005, she married Steve Wilson who is the Sheffield City Councillor. Moreover, she is Sheffield Wednesday FC season ticket holder, and a fan of Rolling Stones and she loves to walk.

Parliamentary career

At the general election of 2005 she was elected as Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough and in 2007, got appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary and Chief aide to Yvette Cooper. She was elected as the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency and also re-elected at the 2015 general election and 2017 general election.

Being a Labour MP, she was an early opponent to leader Jeremy Corbyn. In 2018, she lost a motion of no confidence by her constituency party and in February 2019, she resigned from the Labour party with six other MPs in protest for the leadership of Corbyn. Later they formed their group named The Independent Group and later it was renamed Change UK.

In June 2019, she also left Change UK to sit as an Independent MP but then in September, she joined Liberal Democrats. After that in the 2019 general election, she contested as a Liberal Democrat in Altrincham and Sale West where she finished third.

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The final words

Angela Smith is one of the Member of Parliament who worked in many positions including member of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee and also a former member of the Administration Committee, the Procedure Committee, and more. She is also a Trustee of the Industry and Parliament Trust. So this article was a brief description of her personal life and political career. In last, I hope this article is sufficient enough to clarify the information about Angela Smith Biography.