Rosie Duffield
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Rosie Duffield MP |
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Member of Parliament for Canterbury |
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Assumed office 8 June 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Julian Brazier |
| Majority | 187 (0.3%) |
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1 July 1971 London |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 2 |
Rosie Duffield (born 1 July 1971) is an English Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury since the general election in June 2017.
Duffield is a London-born single mother of two children and has lived in Canterbury for 19 years. She left school at the age of 16 and worked as a teaching assistant before becoming a full-time writer. She was previously Chair of the Canterbury Labour Party and has been an active campaigner for a range of issues, including animal rights and environmental protection.
Duffield was elected to parliament on 8 June 2017 defeating Sir Julian Brazier with a majority of 187, being the first non-Conservative MP to represent Canterbury since its re-establishment as a single-member constituency in 1885, and the first Labour MP elected in Canterbury ever.
She was criticised for campaigning, during the election, against Grammar Schools, whilst simultaneously sending her own children to Grammar Schools.
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