Sarah Champion (politician)
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Sarah Champion MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | |
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Assumed office 6 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Angela Rayner |
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Member of Parliament for Rotherham |
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Assumed office 29 November 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Denis MacShane |
| Majority | 8,446 (22.3%) |
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10 July 1969 Maldon, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Website | Official website |
Sarah Deborah Champion (born 10 July 1969) is a British Labour politician and Member of parliament for Rotherham in the House of Commons.
Champion studied Psychology at Sheffield University. Before entering Parliament, she ran art workshops and was employed as the Chief Executive of a children's hospice in Rotherham. Champion was first elected to Parliament at the 2012 by-election. She was given the role of Shadow Minister for Preventing Abuse in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn in September 2015, but resigned in June 2016, following a vote of no confidence in Corbyn, but returned to the frontbench in July 2016. In October 2016, she was appointed to the role of Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities in addition to her other post.
Champion graduated with a degree in psychology from Sheffield University in 1991. After working as a volunteer at Sheffield's St Luke's Hospice and running art workshops at the city's Abbeydale Road Secondary School she gained full-time employment, running Rotherham Arts Centre from 1992–1994. Champion then worked as an Arts Development Officer for Ashfield District Council. She ran the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester from 1996 to 2008, and was the Chief Executive of the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice in North Anston, Rotherham from 2008 to 2012.
In November 2012 she was selected to be Labour's candidate for the upcoming Rotherham by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of the constituency's MP, Denis MacShane. Champion was chosen to stand for Parliament from a shortlist chose by the party. She was elected as MP for Rotherham on 29 November with 9,866 votes (a 46.25% overall share of the vote). Jane Collins of the UK Independence Party was second with 4,648 votes (21.79%), achieving that party's best result in a by-election. Labour achieved a majority of 5,218 (24.46%), an increase in terms of percentage from Rotherham's 2010 general election result, but a decrease in the actual number of votes cast. Champion is Rotherham's first female MP.
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