Polly Billington | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for East Thanet | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet[a]) |
| Majority | 6,971 (16.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1967 (age 57) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex (BA) |
Polly Billington (born 1967) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for East Thanet since 2024.
Prior to her election she was an environmental campaigner and had worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC before becoming a special advisor to Ed Miliband. She was the media director for his successful bid in the 2010 Labour leadership election.[3] In 2016 she founded the climate politics network UK100.[4]
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "South East: New Constituency Boundaries 2023". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Channel Four, Who Knows Who". Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "UK100". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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