Louise Harris (politician) explained

Louise Harris
Office:Councillor on South Gloucestershire Council for Dodington[1]
Assembly:London
Term Start:1 November 2018
Predecessor:Gloria Stephen
Birth Name:Louise Anne Harris
Birth Date:7 April 1964
Nationality:British
Party:Liberal Democrats
Termstart1:1 May 2002
Office1:Councillor on Eastleigh Borough Council for Hedge End Grange Park
Termend1:2 June 2017
Office2:Eastleigh Borough Council Cabinet member for Environment and Sustainability
Termstart2:16 May 2002
Termend2:21 May 2015
Office3:Member of the London Assembly
as the 5th Additional Member
Termstart3:1 May 2000
Termend3:18 February 2002
Predecessor3:Assembly created
Successor3:Mike Tuffrey
Alongside:Tony Davis
Honorific Prefix:Cllr
Successor1:George Morris
Successor2:Rupert Kyrle

Louise Anne Harris (born 7 April 1964) is a Liberal Democrat politician who has served as a councillor on South Gloucestershire Council for Dodington since November 2018. As Louise Bloom, she was a member of the first London Assembly between 2000 and 2002, and councillor on Eastleigh Borough Council between 2002 and 2017.

Political career

She was an active member of the National League of Young Liberals as part of what was known as the Green Guard.

Louise Bloom was elected as the 5th additional member of the first London Assembly in May 2000. She resigned her seat for family reasons on 18 February 2002 and was replaced by Mike Tuffrey.

Bloom was a councillor on Eastleigh Borough Council for Hedge End Grange Park from May 2022 and June 2017,[2] and the cabinet member for Environment and Sustainability until May 2015.

In a November 2018 by-election, Harris was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor for the Dodington ward of South Gloucestershire Council and stood as a candidate in the 2019 General Election in Filton and Bradley Stoke.[3] [4] She was again elected in the 2019 South Gloucestershire Council election.[5]

In February 2023, she was elected as the honorary president of the English Young Liberals at the Young Liberal Winter Conference in Reading.

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, she was a candidate in Bristol North East.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reporter . Stephen Sumner, Local Democracy . 2018-11-02 . Lib Dems win by-election in South Gloucestershire . 2023-02-18 . BristolLive . en.
  2. Web site: Councillor details - Councillor Louise Bloom - Meetings, agendas and minutes . Eastleigh Borough Council . 2018-03-23 . 2019-01-29.
  3. Web site: South Gloucestershire Council : Election of a Councillor . 29 October 2021 . Southglos.gov.uk.
  4. Web site: Stephen Sumner . 2018-11-02 . Dodington by-election result: Lib Dems hold their safest seat in South Gloucestershire . 2019-01-29 . Bristol Live.
  5. Web site: 2 May 2019 . District and Parish Elections 2019 . 3 May 2019.