Emily Benn | |
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 Benn in 2009 | |
| Common Councillor for City of London Common Council | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2022 | |
| Councillor for Croydon Borough Council | |
| In office 23 May 2014 – 10 March 2016 | |
| Ward | West Thornton |
| Majority | 1,777 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn 4 October 1989 Croydon, London, England |
| Political party | Independent (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour |
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| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Investment banking |
| Website | democracy |
Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn (born 4 October 1989) is an English politician, who has represented the Ward of Bread Street on the Court of Common Council of the City of London since 2022.[1]
Benn unsuccessfully contested both the 2010 and 2015 UK general elections as a Labour Party parliamentary candidate. At the 2014 local elections, Benn was elected to the West Thornton Ward of Croydon Borough Council, serving until 2016.[2] At the 2022 local elections, she was elected to represent Bread Street Ward on the City Common Council.[3]
The granddaughter of the late Labour MP Tony Benn, she is the eldest child and only daughter of the 3rd Viscount Stansgate[4] by his wife Nita Clarke (née Bowes).[5]
- ^ "Member details - The Honourable Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn". democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk. 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Croydon elections: West Thornton results". Croydon Advertiser. Local World. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Emily Benn: Tony Benn's granddaughter elected London councillor". BBC News. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Burke's Peerage". burkespeerage.com.
- ^ "Nita Clarke OBE". Involvement & Participation Association. 9 October 2017.