Emma Dent Coad

Not to be confused with Emma Dent.
This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Dent Coad, not Coad.

Emma Dent Coad
Member of Parliament
for Kensington
In office
8 June 2017 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byVictoria Borwick
Succeeded byFelicity Buchan
Member of Kensington and Chelsea Council
for Golborne
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 May 2006
Serving with Pat Mason and Sina Lari
Personal details
Born
Margaret Mary Dent

(1954-11-02) 2 November 1954 (age 69)
London, England
Political partyIndependent (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		Labour (until 2023)
Spouses
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    (m. 1978; div. 1982)​
  • David Blott
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    (m. 1984; div. 1997)​
Children3
Alma materRoyal College of Art
University of Liverpool

Emma Dent Coad (born Margaret Mary Dent, 2 November 1954)[1][2] is a British architectural historian and politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kensington from 2017 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, she has been a member of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council since 2006. She resigned her Labour membership on 27 April 2023,[3] but remains on the local council as an independent.

She stood as an independent candidate for Kensington and Bayswater at the 2024 general election, coming in sixth place, of ten candidates.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Emma Dent Coad MP". myparliament.info. MyParliament. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ Jones, Morgan (27 April 2023). "Ex-Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad quits "unrecognisable" Labour party". LabourList. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Ex-Labour MP to run against party in Kensington, saying it lacks 'compassion'". Yahoo News. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Kensington & Bayswater | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 6 July 2024.