Antoinette Sandbach

Antoinette Sandbach
Official portrait, 2017
Member of Parliament
for Eddisbury
In office
7 May 2015 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byStephen O'Brien
Succeeded byEdward Timpson
Member of the Welsh Assembly
for North Wales
In office
6 May 2011 – 8 May 2015
Preceded byBrynle Williams
Succeeded byJanet Haworth
Personal details
Born
Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach

(1969-02-15) 15 February 1969 (age 55)
Hammersmith, London, England
Political partyLiberal Democrats (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2019)
Conservative (until 2019)
Spouse
Matthew Sherratt
(m. 2012)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
WebsiteOfficial website

Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach (born 15 February 1969),[1] known as Antoinette Sandbach, is a barrister, farm manager and politician who was elected as a North Wales region Member of the Welsh Assembly at the May 2011 election,[2] and subsequently elected Member of Parliament for Eddisbury in Cheshire at the 2015 general election.

Elected as a Conservative, Sandbach had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019 and later lost a vote of no confidence by the Eddisbury Conservative Association. Following deselection as a Conservative, Sandbach chose to become a Liberal Democrat.[3] She lost her seat to her former party in the 2019 general election.[4]

  1. ^ "Mackeson-Sandbach, Antoinette, (Mrs M. R. Sherratt), (born 15 Feb. 1969), MP (C) Eddisbury, since 2015". Who's Who. 2015. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.271373.
  2. ^ "Election results 2011: Welsh assembly results in full". The Guardian. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Ex-Tory MP Antoinette Sandbach joins Lib Dems". BBC News. 1 November 2019.
  4. ^ Wise, Lauren (13 December 2019). "Eddisbury General Election 2019 result declared". CheshireLive.