Sarah Gibson | |
Office1: | Member of Parliament for Chippenham |
Term Start1: | 4 July 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Michelle Donelan |
Majority1: | 8,138 (11.2%) |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Party: | Liberal Democrats |
Website: | chippenhamlibdems.org.uk/sarah-gibson |
Sarah Gibson (born April 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham since the 2024 general election.[2] Before her election to parliament, Gibson was elected to Wiltshire Council in 2017 and 2021.
Gibson attended the comprehensive Ralph Allen School. She graduated with a BA in architecture from Kingston University in 1987 and gained a postgraduate diploma in architecture at University College London's Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning (now The Bartlett) in 1991.[3] [4]
Gibson is a director and shareholder, since 2014 and 2016 respectively, of the Bradford-on-Avon architecture firm Labox[5] [6] (stylised as LABOX[7]). In December 2022, she began working as a part-time tutor at the University of Bath's Engineering and Architecture department.[8]
Gibson was first elected to Wiltshire Council in May 2017 serving the Bradford-on-Avon South division. She was elected again in May 2021.[9]
As a member of several council committees, including the strategic planning committee, Gibson has voted to refuse applications submitted for the locally controversial[10] £200m Westbury incinerator.[11]
In 2021, Gibson, who was first elected a town councillor in May 2018, served as the mayor of Bradford-on-Avon.[12] [13]
During the UK's 2024 general election campaign, in which she was a parliamentary candidate, Gibson represented Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire on a debate programme (released 19 June 2024) for the BBC's Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2024 series.[14]
She also took part in one of the Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey's election campaign stunts on 3 July 2024. Gibson, Lib Dem activists, and local & national media watched Sir Ed Davey drive a yellow JCB tractor around a Wiltshire field vowing to knock down the blue wall.[15]
Gibson was elected as the Member of Parliament for Chippenham at the 2024 general election, winning with 45.5% of the vote and a majority of 8,138.[16]