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Jessica Toale

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Jessica Toale
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Bournemouth West
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConor Burns
Majority3,224 (8.2%)
Member of Westminster City Council
for West End
In office
5 May 2022 – 20 August 2024
Succeeded byTim Barnes
Personal details
PartyLabour

Jessica Jade Toale (born May 1986, Southampton)[1] is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West since 2024.[2]

Career

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Toale attended the University of York, graduating with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She went on to do a master's degree in Urbanisation and Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Toale has worked as a policy adviser and consultant for NGOs, universities and United Nations agencies.[3] She was a political advisor to Labour MP Ivan Lewis from 2011 to 2013, in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and later Northern Ireland.[4] Toale co-founded the Labour Foreign Policy Group in 2020.[5] In 2016, she was on the Labour shortlist for candidates in the 2016 Richmond Park by-election.[6] She was previously a member of the Young Fabians executive committee.[7]

She was elected as a Member of Westminster City Council for West End in 2022,[8] and subsequently appointed Deputy Cabinet Member for Culture, Heritage and the Arts.[9]

Toale was elected as MP for Bournemouth West at the 2024 general election, defeating incumbent Conor Burns to become its first non-Conservative representative. She had previously contested the Labour candidacy for the 2016 Richmond Park by-election without success.[10] On 20 August 2024, she resigned her seat on Westminster City Council.[11] On 20 September 2024, the local by-election for her vacated council seat was won by Conservative candidate Tim Barnes.[12]

In the Starmer ministry, Toale serves as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.[13]

Political opinions

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Toale supports allowing Votes at 16.[14]

Toale opposed a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer in May 2026.[15][16]

References

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  1. ↑ "Jessica Toale personal appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Labour wins Bournemouth West - bringing end to 74-year Tory rule". Bournemouth Echo. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ↑ King's College London, "Jessica Toale", accessed 18 September 2026.
  4. ↑ Toale, Jessica; Assad, Peymana (22 December 2022). "Tackling the climate emergency remains the top priority for Labour members". LabourList. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Jessica Toale, Author at Politics.co.uk". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Richmond Park shortlist revealed - LabourList". 2 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Hallwood, James (n.d.). "Young Fabian Election Results". Young Fabians. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Prosser, Ryan (13 March 2023). "West End councillor faces calls to stand down after being chosen as Labour parliamentary candidate for Bournemouth". Westminster Times. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Prosser, Ryan (14 February 2023). "Labour councillor puts name forward to be candidate for Bournemouth MP". Westminster Times. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Edwards, Peter (5 November 2016). "Wolmar wins Richmond Park selection". LabourList. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "New Bournemouth MP resigns councillor seat in Westminster". Bournemouth Echo. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  12. ↑ Lynch, Ben (20 September 2024). "Tim Barnes regains seat on Westminster Council after winning West End by-election". The Fitzrovia News. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "RUSI Joins Minister at Labour Party Conference to Discuss Future of UK Defence". rusi.orghttps. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "'It is only right that 16-year-olds who work and pay taxes should be able to vote'". Bournemouth Echo. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  15. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgepqxj30pqo
  16. ↑ https://leftfootforward.org/2026/05/over-100-labour-mps-sign-letter-backing-keir-starmer-and-opposing-leadership-contest/
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