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Joanne Kate "Jo" Swinson CBE (born 5 February 1980) is a British politician who was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 22 July 2019 to 12 December 2019. Before this She was the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017. She was a member of the UK Parliament for an area in Scotland called "East Dunbartonshire".
On 30 May 2019, Swinson announced her plans to run as Vince Cable's replacement for party leader.[6] She won the leadership contest beating Ed Davey.
Swinson led her party in the 2019 general election. She lost her seat to the Scottish National Party and immediately resigned as party leader.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Who is new Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson?". BBC News. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ↑ Connolly, Shaun (22 July 2019). "Scottish MP Jo Swinson elected leader of Liberal Democrats". Daily Record.
- ↑ "Jo Swinson: Scottish nationalism is the same as English nationalism". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Yellow brick road: Lib Dem Jo Swinson wants to lead a new movement". Evening Standard. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Jo Swinson interview: 'We are moving to an election. The question is whether it is in weeks or months'". British GQ. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ Time, BBC Question (30 May 2019). ".@joswinson announces on #bbcqt that she will run to become the next leader of the Liberal Democrats". @bbcquestiontime. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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