Wendy Chamberlain

Wendy Chamberlain
Official portrait, 2024
Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Assumed office
3 December 2021
LeaderAlex Cole-Hamilton
Preceded byAlistair Carmichael
Member of Parliament
for North East Fife
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byStephen Gethins
Majority13,479 (31.5%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2020Northern Ireland
2020International Development
2020–2022Scotland
2020–2022Wales
2020–2024Work and Pensions
2020–presentChief Whip
Personal details
Born
Wendy Anne Chamberlain

(1976-12-20) 20 December 1976 (age 47)
Greenock, Scotland
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Residence(s)Fife, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh[1]
Websitewww.wendychamberlain.scot

Wendy Anne Chamberlain (born 20 December 1976)[2] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife since 2019.[3] She has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2021.

Chamberlain is the Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats, the first woman to hold the post,[4] and the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Work and Pensions. She previously served as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Northern Ireland and International Development from January 2020 to September 2020, and as the Spokesperson for Scotland and Wales to July 2022. She sits on the Scottish Affairs Select Committee[5] and is the co-chair of the APPG for Ending the Need for Foodbanks.[6]

  1. ^ "Wendy Chamberlain – Spokesperson for Constitutional Relations". Scottish Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ 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. 199. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
  3. ^ "Fife North East". BBC News. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ https://en.wikipedia.orgview_html.php?sq=Qlik&lang=&q=Chief_Whip_of_the_Liberal_Democrats#House_of_Commons
  5. ^ "Scottish Affairs Select Committee".
  6. ^ "APPG for Ending the Need for Foodbanks".