Caroline Ansell

Caroline Ansell
Official portrait, 2019
Member of Parliament
for Eastbourne
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byStephen Lloyd
Succeeded byJosh Babarinde
In office
7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byStephen Lloyd
Succeeded byStephen Lloyd
Personal details
Born (1971-01-12) 12 January 1971 (age 53)
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Sussex
University of London
École supérieure de commerce
WebsiteOfficial website

Caroline Julie Porte Ansell (born 12 January 1971)[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne from 2019 to 2024.[2][3] She was first elected at the 2015 general election, but was defeated at the snap 2017 general election.

Ansell served as a local councillor for the Meads ward on Eastbourne Borough Council from 2012 to 2015 and became deputy opposition leader, with the shadow portfolio for community including housing.[4][5] In her first two years in the House of Commons she was influential in fighting two separate immigration issues on behalf of constituents and against revenge porn.[6][7][8][9]

She was one of dozens of Conservatives defeated in the 2024 general election.

  1. ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  2. ^ "Ansell, Caroline Julie Porte, (born 1971), MP (C) Eastbourne, 2015–17 and since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u284009. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Biography for Caroline Ansell". MyParliament. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Caroline wins Meads for Conservatives". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Annual Council: 8 May 2013 – Agenda" (PDF). Eastbourne Borough Council. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ Elgot, Jessica (12 April 2016). "Home Office pressed to allow American mother to stay with family in UK". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "Dad thanks Eastbourne for release after passport photo row". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.
  8. ^ "The law needs to be changed on revenge porn, says Eastbourne MP". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.
  9. ^ "MP backs campaign to lower bowel cancer screening age". www.eastbourneherald.co.uk.