Sarah Champion | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Chair of the International Development Select Committee | |
| Assumed office 29 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Twigg |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities | |
| In office 6 October 2016 – 16 August 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Angela Rayner |
| Succeeded by | Dawn Butler |
| Member of Parliament for Rotherham | |
| Assumed office 29 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Denis MacShane |
| Majority | 5,490 (14.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sarah Deborah Champion 10 July 1969 Maldon, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Website | Official website |
Sarah Deborah Champion (born 10 July 1969)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham since 2012.
Champion studied psychology at Sheffield University. Before entering Parliament, she ran art workshops and was employed as the Chief Executive of a children's hospice in Rotherham. Champion was first elected to Parliament at the 2012 by-election.
Champion was appointed by Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Minister for Preventing Abuse in September 2015, but resigned in June 2016, following a vote of no confidence in Corbyn. However, she returned to the frontbench in July 2016. In October 2016, she was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities.[2] In August 2017, Champion resigned from her post following criticism of an opinion piece she wrote for The Sun that discussed what she termed the problem of white girls being raped and exploited by British Pakistani men, and which fellow Labour MP Naz Shah described as "incendiary and irresponsible".[3]
- ^ "Chinese Arts Centre". Dellam Corporate Information. 14 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
parliament.uk profilewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Rotherham MP Sarah Champion faced fury for sex gangs article in The Sun". The Times. 25 July 2018.