Cat Smith

Cat Smith
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Chair of the Procedure Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 September 2024
Preceded byDame Karen Bradley
Chair of the Petitions Committee
In office
18 October 2023 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byCatherine McKinnell
Succeeded byJamie Stone
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Cabinet
2016–2021Young People and Democracy
Shadow Frontbench
2016–2017Deputy Commons Leader
2015–2016Women and Equalities
Member of Parliament
for Lancaster and Wyre
Lancaster and Fleetwood (2015–2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byEric Ollerenshaw
Majority9,253 (21.6%)
Personal details
Born
Catherine Jane Smith

(1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 39)
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Campaign Group
Spouse
Ben Soffa
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(m. 2016; sep. 2020)​
Domestic partnerDavid Linden (2021–)
Alma materLancaster University (BA)
Websitecatsmith.co.uk
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Catherine Jane Smith[1] (born 16 June 1985)[2] is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015, representing Lancaster and Wyre since 2024 after her former constituency, Lancaster and Fleetwood, was abolished.[3] She was a member of the shadow cabinets led by Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State, previously Shadow Minister, for Young People and Democracy.[4]

  1. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Lancaster City Council. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ Carr, Tim (18 May 2015). The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2015: Profiles of the New MPs and Analysis of the 2015 General Election Results. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84954-924-0.
  3. ^ "Lancaster and Wyre results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Lancaster & Fleetwood". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2015.