Sophie Walker | |||||||
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 Walker in 2018 | |||||||
| Leader of the Women's Equality Party | |||||||
| In office 22 July 2015 – 22 January 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Sandi Toksvig (co-founder) Catherine Mayer (co-founder) | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Mandu Reid | ||||||
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| Born | 27 May 1971 Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||
| Political party | Women's Equality Party | ||||||
| Spouse | Christopher Naylor | ||||||
| Residence | London | ||||||
| Alma mater | University of Reading | ||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||
| Website | Women's Equality Party | ||||||
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Sophie Walker (born 27 May 1971)[2][3] is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the United Kingdom.[4][5][6]
She led the party from 2015 until 2019, first appointed unanimously by the steering committee and then winning the Party's first leadership election in 2018. She announced her resignation in January 2019,[7] saying she was "frustrated by the limits of my own work to ensure that women of colour, working class women and disabled women see themselves reflected in this party and know they can lead this movement" and adding that "sometimes in order to lead, you have to get out of the way." Walker was the WE party candidate in the 2016 London mayoral election[8] and in the 2017 General Election stood for WE against Conservative MP Philip Davies in Shipley.
She was appointed Chief Executive of the Young Women's Trust in June 2019.[9]
- ^ Sophie Walker (22 July 2015). Sandi Toksvig's Women's Equality Party name Sophie Walker as leader (YouTube). Press Association. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Walker, Sophie". Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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- ^ Beaty, Zoe (March 2016). "Just who are the Women's Equality Party and what do they stand for?". Stylist. Shortlist Media.
- ^ "Feminist party's first leader resigns". BBC News. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Cohen, Claire (22 July 2015). "Watch out Cameron: Meet the leader of Britain's first feminist political party". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Ridley, Louise (8 September 2015). "Women's Equality Party leader Sophie Walker wants to end culture of 'white men in suits'". The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post Media Group. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Syal, Rajeev (22 January 2019). "Women's Equality party leader Sophie Walker steps down". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Cooper, Charlie; Katie Forster (7 May 2016). "Women's Equality Party gets more than 350,000 votes and beats George Galloway in London". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Young Women's Trust appoints Sophie Walker as Chief Executive". Young Women's Trust. 6 June 2019.