Sarah Teather | |
|---|---|
 Teather in 2009 | |
| Minister of State for Children and Families | |
| In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Dawn Primarolo |
| Succeeded by | Liz Truss |
| Member of Parliament for Brent Central Brent East (2003–2010) | |
| In office 19 September 2003 – 30 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Daisley |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Butler |
| Islington London Borough Councillor | |
| In office 2 May 2002 – 23 September 2003[1] | |
| Ward | Hillrise |
| Preceded by | Sheila Camp |
| Succeeded by | Jayashankar Sharma |
| Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
| 2006–2007 | Education and Skills |
| 2007 | Innovation, Universities and Skills |
| 2007–2008 | Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
| 2008–2010 | Housing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sarah Louise Teather 1 June 1974 Enfield, London, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
Sarah Louise Teather (born 1 June 1974)[2] is the Director of Jesuit Refugee Service UK and a former British Member of Parliament and Minister. As a Liberal Democrat politician, she founded the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Guantanamo Bay[3] and was chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees.[4] On stepping down as an MP, she joined the Jesuit Refugee Service as an advocacy adviser and was appointed as country director of JRS UK in December 2015.
After serving in the Islington London Borough Council, she was first elected as an MP on 18 September 2003 at the Brent East by-election and was re-elected with an increased majority at the 2005 general election.[2] After the seat was abolished due to boundary changes, Teather was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the successor seat, Brent Central. Her main opponent was sitting Labour MP Dawn Butler, whose Brent South seat was also abolished. Teather won by a small margin, and, after the election, she served as Minister of State in the Department for Education in the coalition government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats until she returned to the backbenches on 4 September 2012. On 7 September 2013, she announced that she would leave the House of Commons in 2015.[5]
- ^ "LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON COUNCIL MEETING – 28TH OCTOBER 2003 MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS (Item 3b)" (PDF). Islington.gov.uk.
- ^ a b "Sarah Teather". BBC News. Archived from the original on 17 May 2010.
- ^ "Sarah Teather MP, Brent Central". TheyWorkForYou.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
- ^ "Sarah Teather to stand down as Lib Dem MP at 2015 election". BBC News. 19 September 2003. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.