Jo Swinson

Jo Swinson

CBE
Jo Swinson; CBE
	Swinson in 2017
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
	In office; 22 July 2019 – 13 December 2019
Deputy	Sir Ed Davey
President	The Baroness Brinton
Preceded by	Sir Vince Cable
Succeeded by	Sir Ed Davey
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
	In office; 20 June 2017 – 22 July 2019
Leader	Tim Farron; Sir Vince Cable
Preceded by	Malcolm Bruce
Succeeded by	Sir Ed Davey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs
	In office; 4 September 2012 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Norman Lamb
Succeeded by	The Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
	In office; 20 September 2010 – 23 September 2012
Leader	Tavish Scott; Willie Rennie
Preceded by	Michael Moore
Succeeded by	Alistair Carmichael
Leader	In office; 16 June 2017 – 22 July 2019
Frontbench positions
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
	In office; 16 June 2017 – 22 July 2019
Leader	Tim Farron; Sir Vince Cable
Preceded by	Tom Brake
Succeeded by	Chuka Umunna
Liberal Democrat Scotland Spokeswoman
	In office; 8 March 2006 – 20 December 2007
Leader	Menzies Campbell; Vince Cable
Preceded by	The 3rd Viscount Thurso
Succeeded by	Alistair Carmichael
Member of Parliament; for East Dunbartonshire
	In office; 8 June 2017 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	John Nicolson
Succeeded by	Amy Callaghan
	In office; 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	John Nicolson
Personal details
Born	Joanne Kate Swinson[1]; 5 February 1980; Glasgow, Scotland[2]
Nationality	British[3][4][5]
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Spouse(s)	Duncan Hames (m. 2011)
Children	2
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Website	www.joswinson.org.uk

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

"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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[BBC_News_2019-1] "Who is new Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson?". BBC News. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[auto-2] Connolly, Shaun (22 July 2019). "Scottish MP Jo Swinson elected leader of Liberal Democrats". Daily Record.

[3] "Jo Swinson: Scottish nationalism is the same as English nationalism". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

[4] "Yellow brick road: Lib Dem Jo Swinson wants to lead a new movement". Evening Standard. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

[5] "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.

[6] 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.