Sarah Bool | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forSouth Northamptonshire | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Andrea Leadsom |
| Majority | 3,687 (6.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sarah Anne-Marie Bool[1] 1987 or 1988 (age 37–38)[2] |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
| Website | www |
Sarah Anne-Marie Bool[1] (born 1987 or 1988)[2] is a BritishConservative Party politician and former solicitor who has been theMember of Parliament forSouth Northamptonshire since theJuly 2024 general election.[3]
Bool is the daughter of Kenneth and Maureen Bool and has two siblings. She grew up inRutland and attended English Martyrs Primary School inOakham andStamford High School. Bool read Modern History atOriel College, Oxford before completing alaw conversion course at theCollege of Law in London[2] before embarking on her legal training. Her father, Ken Bool, was a Conservative councillor onRutland County Council.[4]
She hasType 1 diabetes,[5] only being diagnosed aged 33. Bool called in Parliament for a paediatric screening programme for the disease in order to protect children fromdiabetic ketoacidosis and the risk to life this poses.[6] The topic was the subject of her first speaking opportunity atPrime Minister’s Questions.[7]
In the2019 general election she stood as the Conservative candidate forVauxhall, coming third behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats.[8]
In2024 general election she succeededAndrea Leadsom as MP forSouth Northamptonshire. Bool is chair of the executive committee of theSociety of Conservative Lawyers.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Florence Eshalomi | 31,615 | 56.1 | −1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Lewis | 12,003 | 21.3 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Sarah Bool | 9,422 | 16.7 | −1.9 | |
| Green | Jacqueline Bond | 2,516 | 4.5 | +2.5 | |
| Brexit Party | Andrew McGuinness | 641 | 1.1 | New | |
| Independent | Salah Faissal | 136 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 19,612 | 34.8 | −2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 56,333 | 63.5 | −3.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 88,659 | ||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sarah Bool | 19,191 | 35.7 | −27.5 | |
| Labour | Rufia Ashraf | 15,504 | 28.9 | +8.1 | |
| Reform | Paul Hogan | 8,962 | 16.7 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Tolley | 4,989 | 9.3 | −1.8 | |
| Green | Emmie Williamson | 3,040 | 5.7 | +1.9 | |
| Independent | Ian McCord | 1,556 | 2.9 | New | |
| Workers Party | Mick Stott | 246 | 0.5 | New | |
| Independent | Stuart Robert | 209 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 3,687 | 6.8 | −35.6 | ||
| Turnout | 53,697 | 68.6 | −4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,233 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −17.8 | |||
Sarah, 31, moved to the capital seven years ago, having read modern history at Oriel College, Oxford, and obtaining a law degree from the College of Law.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forSouth Northamptonshire 2024–present | Incumbent |
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