Jo Swinson
| Jo Swinson | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs and for Women and Equalities | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 8 May 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Norman Lamb (as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 3 February 2012 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Norman Lamb |
| Succeeded by | Duncan Hames |
| Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
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In office 20 September 2010 – 23 September 2012 |
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| Leader |
Tavish Scott Willie Rennie |
| Preceded by | Michael Moore |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Carmichael |
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Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | John Nicolson |
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5 February 1980 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Duncan Hames (2011-) |
| Children | Andrew Lennox Marshall Hames |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Website | www.joswinson.org.uk |
Jo Swinson (born 5 February 1980) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and was formerly Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire constituency and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment relations, consumer and postal affairs. She was also formerly a junior Equalities Minister.
From 2007 to 2008 she was the Liberal Democrats' spokeswoman (junior shadow minister) for Women and Equality and the Department for Communities and Local Government, and was their spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010, when the party entered government with the Conservatives. She was previously the Liberal Democrats' spokeswoman on Scotland and has chaired the Liberal Democrats' Campaign for Gender Balance since 2004. From 2005 to July 2009 she was the Baby of the House (youngest member of the House of Commons).
Swinson was raised in East Dunbartonshire and was educated at Douglas Academy in Milngavie and the London School of Economics, where she studied Management gaining a Bachelor of Science in 2000. Swinson signed up as an active member of the Liberal Democrats at the age of seventeen.
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