Angela Smith (South Yorkshire politician)

This article is about the former MP for Penistone and Stockbridge. For the former MP for Basildon, see Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon.

Angela Smith
Smith in 2009
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
7 October 2011 – 15 April 2014
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byHelen Jones
Succeeded byThomas Docherty
Member of Parliament
for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Sheffield Hillsborough (2005–2010)
In office
5 May 2005 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byHelen Jackson
Succeeded byMiriam Cates
Personal details
Born
Angela Christine Smith

(1961-08-16) 16 August 1961 (age 63)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Political partyLabour (1977–2019; 2022-present)
Other political
affiliations		Parliamentary affiliation:
The Independents[1] (2019)
Party membership:
Independent (2019)
Change UK (2019)
Liberal Democrats (2019–2022)
Spouse
Steven Wilson[2]
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(m. 2005)​
Children1 stepdaughter
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Newnham College, Cambridge (did not graduate)
ProfessionLecturer
Websitewww.angelasmith-mp.org.uk
Other offices

Angela Christine Smith (born 16 August 1961) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Penistone and Stocksbridge from 2010 to 2019 and MP for Sheffield Hillsborough from 2005 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously an MP for Labour, later for Change UK, later still as a member of The Independents, then joined the Liberal Democrats before leaving Parliament in 2019. She rejoined Labour in 2022.[3]

Smith was an early critic of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, backing a no-confidence vote in 2016; in part due to this position, she lost a no-confidence motion in her constituency. She resigned from Labour in February 2019 alongside six other MPs in protest at Corbyn's leadership, and they formed the Independent Group, later Change UK. In June 2019, she left Change UK to sit as an independent MP before joining the Liberal Democrats in September. At the 2019 general election, she stood as a Liberal Democrat in Altrincham and Sale West, where she finished third.

  1. ^ "Take two: Ex-Change UK MPs forge new alliance called The Independents". CityAM. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. ^ "House of Commons – The Register of Members' Financial Interests – Part 2: Part 2". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. ^ Zeffman, Henry (1 March 2023). "Luciana Berger's return to Labour clears the path for others to rejoin". The Times. Retrieved 2 March 2022.