Anneliese Dodds
Anneliese Jane Dodds (born 16 March 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and public policy analyst. She has been Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Chair of the Labour Party since 2021. She was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from April 2020 to May 2021, the first woman to hold the position. She has been Member of Parliament for Oxford East since 2017 and was a Member of the European Parliament for South East England from 2014 to 2017.
Anneliese Dodds | |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities | |
| Assumed office 21 September 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Marsha de Cordova |
| Chair of the Labour Party | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Angela Rayner |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 5 April 2020 – 9 May 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | John McDonnell |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Reeves |
| Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 3 July 2017 – 5 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Peter Dowd |
| Succeeded by | Dan Carden |
| Member of Parliament for Oxford East | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Smith |
| Majority | 17,832 (36.1%) |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 8 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Skinner |
| Succeeded by | John Howarth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1978 Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
| Education | St. Hilda's College, Oxford (BA) University of Edinburgh (MA) London School of Economics (PhD) |
| Website | Official website |
Born in Aberdeen and privately educated at Robert Gordon's College, Dodds read Philosophy, Politics and Economics as an undergraduate at St Hilda's College, Oxford and subsequently took a master's degree in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Government at the London School of Economics. She lectured in Public Policy at King’s College London and Aston University. After joining the Labour Party, she unsuccessfully contested Billericay at the 2005 general election and Reading East at the 2010 general election.[1]
She was elected to the European Parliament at the 2014 European Parliament election. She resigned her South East England seat when she was elected to the House of Commons at the 2017 general election. She served John McDonnell as Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 2017 to 2020. In this role, she supported calls for a confirmatory referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. In April 2020, she was appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer by Keir Starmer. She was demoted after the 2021 local elections, and appointed Chair of the Party and Policy Review. She gained the additional Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary brief in September 2021, following Marsha de Cordova's resignation.[2]
She was president of Oxford University Student Union in 1999.[3]
References change
- ↑ "Parliamentary candidate announced to replace Labour's Andrew Smith". Oxford Mail. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ "Who is the new shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds?". BBC News. 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ "Looking back: A young Anneliese Dodds MP's Oxford student activism". Oxford Mail. 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2024-02-08.