Juliet Campbell | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forBroxtowe | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Darren Henry |
| Majority | 8,403 (17.6%) |
| Member ofLewisham London Borough Council forBlackheath | |
| In office 3 May 2018 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juliet Olive Campbell Bilborough, Nottingham[1] |
| Political party | Labour |
Juliet Olive Campbell[2] is a BritishLabour Party politician serving as theMember of Parliament (MP) forBroxtowe since the2024 general election.[3] She was previously the Cabinet Member for Safer Lewisham, Refugees and Equalities onLewisham Council.[1][4]
Campbell was born inBilborough to Jamaican parents.[5] Her father is an engineer who received training from theArmy Reserve in the 1970s.[6] Her father eventually started working atBoots, while her mother ran a shop inRadford.[5] Campbell previously worked as a senior manager in theNHS before entering politics.[7]
According to LabourList, "Campbell [was] a councillor on Lewisham council in London, representing Blackheath ward and [served] as cabinet member for communities, refugees and wellbeing."[8] During her tenure as councillor she helped with the transformation of a historic telephone box into a mini library for the community.[9] She resigned as councillor on the day the election was called.[10]
Since being elected to parliament, she has served as part of the delegation members to theNATO Parliamentary Assembly.[6] Campbell opposedKim Leadbeater's bill introducingassisted suicide into law and served on the committee examining the legislation.[11] She has received some criticism for not being visible in the job, including from some councillors at Broxtowe Borough Council, to which she responded that her services "come in many forms" that were not just in parliament.[12]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBroxtowe 2024–present | Incumbent |
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