Jenny Willott

The Right Honourable
Jenny Willott
OBE
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs
In office
18 December 2013 – 30 June 2014
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byJo Swinson
Succeeded byJo Swinson
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office
12 May 2010 – 9 December 2010
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Succeeded byDuncan Hames
Member of Parliament
for Cardiff Central
In office
5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byJon Owen Jones
Succeeded byJo Stevens
Majority4,576 (12.7%)
Personal details
Born (1974-05-29) 29 May 1974 (age 50)
Wimbledon, Merton, London, England
Political partyWelsh Liberal Democrats
SpouseAndrew Poole
Children2 sons
Alma materDurham University
London School of Economics
Websitewww.jennywillott.com[dead link]

Jennifer Nancy Willott OBE (born 29 May 1974)[1] is a British politician. She was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central from 2005 to 2015.[2] Willott became a junior minister in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Government Equalities Office in December 2013, temporarily standing in for Jo Swinson while Swinson was on maternity leave. She was the first woman and first Liberal Democrat to represent her seat. Willott was a councillor in the London Borough of Merton from 1998 to 2000.

  1. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. 2010. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-905702-89-6.
  2. ^ "Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC News.