Roz Savage | |
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Member of Parliament for South Cotswolds | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 4,973 (9.5%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rosalind Elizabeth Adriana Savage 23 December 1967 Cheshire, England |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Education | Perse School for Girls University College, Oxford |
Occupation | Ocean rower, author, speaker |
Known for | Four Guinness World Records for ocean rowing |
Website | www |
Rosalind Elizabeth Adriana Savage MBE FRGS MP (born 23 December 1967), known as Roz Savage, is an English ocean rower, environmental advocate, writer, speaker and politician.[1] She was elected as a Liberal Democrat MP for the new South Cotswolds constituency at the 2024 general election.[2]
She holds four Guinness World Records for ocean rowing, including first woman to row solo across three oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian.[3] She has rowed over 15,000 miles, taken around 5 million oarstrokes, and spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat.