Wendy Chamberlain

Wendy Chamberlain
Official portrait, 2024
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Assumed office
3 December 2021
LeaderAlex Cole-Hamilton
Preceded byAlistair Carmichael
Member of Parliament
for North East Fife
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byStephen Gethins
Majority13,479 (31.5%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2020Northern Ireland
2020International Development
2020–2022Scotland
2020–2022Wales
2020–2024Work and Pensions
2020–presentChief Whip
Personal details
Born
Wendy Anne Chamberlain

(1976-12-20) 20 December 1976 (age 48)
Greenock, Scotland
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Residence(s)Fife, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh[1]
Websitewww.wendychamberlain.scot

Wendy Anne Chamberlain (born 20 December 1976)[2] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife since 2019.[3] She has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2021.

Chamberlain is the Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats, the first woman to hold the post[4]. She previously served as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Work and Pensions to September 2024, the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Northern Ireland and International Development from January 2020 to September 2020, and as the Spokesperson for Scotland and Wales to July 2022. She sat on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee in the 2019 to 2024 parliament. She is currently the chair of the APPGs for Ending the Need for Food Banks[5], Afghan Women and Girls[6], Scotch Whisky[7], and PANS PANDAS.

  1. ^ "Wendy Chamberlain – Spokesperson for Constitutional Relations". Scottish Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. ^ "Fife North East". BBC News. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ https://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=Google&lang=en&q=Chief_Whip_of_the_Liberal_Democrats#House_of_Commons
  5. ^ "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 2 January 2025: Food Banks". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  6. ^ "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 2 January 2025: Afghan Women and Girls". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  7. ^ "House of Commons - Register Of All-Party Parliamentary Groups as at 2 January 2025: Scotch Whisky". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

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