Alison Bennett | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mims Davies |
| Majority | 6,662 (12.5%) |
| Member of Mid Sussex District Council for Hurstpierpoint Hurstpierpoint and Downs (2019–2023) | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Alison Elizabeth Bennett is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex since 2024.
Bennett contested Arundel and South Downs for the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election, coming second to the Conservative candidate Andrew Griffith.[1]
She has served as a member of Mid Sussex District Council, representing the wards of Hurstpierpoint and Downs from 2019 to 2023 and Hurstpierpoint since 2023.[2][3] Bennett was the council's deputy leader when she was selected to stand in the 2024 general election.[4]
In the 2024 General Election, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex with 21,136 votes (39.6%) and a majority of 6,662 over the second place Conservative candidate.[5] On 26 July 2024, she made his maiden speech in the House of Commons during a debate on "Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower".[6]
Bennett graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1999 with a degree in social and political sciences, before working for British Airways and then E.ON.[7]
Bennett decided to enter politics following the election of Donald Trump in 2016.[8]
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