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Alison Bennett

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Alison Bennett
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Mid Sussex
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byMims Davies
Majority6,662 (12.5%)
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Care and Carers
Assumed office
18 September 2024
LeaderEd Davey
Member of Mid Sussex District Council for Hurstpierpoint
Hurstpierpoint and Downs (2019–2023)
In office
6 May 2019 – 7 May 2026
Personal details
PartyLiberal Democrats
EducationUniversity of Cambridge

Alison Elizabeth Bennett is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex since 2024.

Education and career

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Bennett was privately educated at The King's School, Gloucester, and Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating in 1999 with a degree in social and political sciences.[1][2] Bennett worked for British Airways and then E.ON.[3]

Political career

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Bennett contested Arundel and South Downs for the Liberal Democrats at the 2019 general election, coming second to the Conservative candidate Andrew Griffith.[4]

She served as a member of Mid Sussex District Council, representing the wards of Hurstpierpoint and Downs from 2019 to 2023 and Hurstpierpoint from 2023.[5][6] Bennett was the council's deputy leader when she was selected to stand in the 2024 general election.[7]

In the 2024 General Election, she was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Sussex with 39.6% of the vote,[8] becoming the first Liberal Democrat MP for the constituency since its creation in 1974.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ↑ "Congregations of the Regent House on 25 and 26 June 1999". Cambridge University Reporter. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Alison E Bennett on LinkedIn
  3. ↑ Self, Josh (7 March 2024). "Will Blur drummer Dave Rowntree win for Labour in Mid Sussex?". Politics.co.uk. Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Election 2019 | Arundel & South Downs parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Councillor Alison Bennett". Mid Sussex District Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Alison Bennett | stood for election 5 times". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  7. ↑ Smith, Lawrence (27 June 2024). "Liberal Democrat Party Parliamentary candidate for Mid Sussex Alison Bennett reveals priorities: fixing the NHS, improving education and creating a society 'where people can be themselves'". Sussex Express. National World. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "Sussex Mid Sussex | Lib Dem GAIN from Con". Sky News. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
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