Jo Swinson (born 5 February 1980) is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire constituency, to the north of Glasgow in Scotland. From 4 July 2007 she has been the Liberal Democrats Shadow spokeswoman for Women and Equality, based in the Lib Dems' Department for Communities and Local Government. She was previously the Liberal Democrats' Shadow Scotland Secretary and has chaired the Liberal Democrats' Campaign for Gender Ba...
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Jo Swinson (born 5 February 1980) is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire constituency, to the north of Glasgow in Scotland. From 4 July 2007 she has been the Liberal Democrats Shadow spokeswoman for Women and Equality, based in the Lib Dems' Department for Communities and Local Government. She was previously the Liberal Democrats' Shadow Scotland Secretary 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 MP in 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 BSc in 2000. After graduating with a first class degree, she moved to Yorkshire and worked for Ace Visual & Sound Systems in Thorne, South Yorkshire from August 2000, then as Marketing and PR Manager for radio station Viking FM from December 2000.
In 2001, Swinson stood as...
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