Samantha Niblett | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forSouth Derbyshire | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Heather Wheeler |
| Majority | 4,168 (9.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samantha Ruth Margaret Doherty Nottingham, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | https://www.samanthaniblett.uk/ |
Samantha Ruth Margaret Niblett[1] is a BritishLabour Party politician who has been theMember of Parliament forSouth Derbyshire since2024. She gained the seat fromHeather Wheeler.[2]
Niblett is fromNottingham, the daughter of local detective Jim Doherty. Her paternal grandparents moved to Nottingham fromCounty Mayo inIreland in the 1950s.[3]
Prior to pursuing a full-time political career, Niblett worked at software company 1E as its Head of Alliances, Channel & Ecosystem; before 2022, she had worked in the information technology sector for more than 20 years.[4][5] In 2022, she founded Labour Women in Tech, a campaign for the Labour Party to adopt policies to promoteSTEM subjects to girls and technology-related careers to women.[6] Labour Women in Tech held in launch event in July 2023 which was attended by then Labour MPsLucy Powell andJonathan Ashworth, as well as former Labour MP and futureEast Midlands MayorClaire Ward, and future MP forErewashAdam Thompson.[7]
In politics, Niblett unsuccessfully contested the2019 and2023 elections toErewash Borough Council.[8][9] In August 2023, she was successfully selected as the Labour Party candidate for theSouth Derbyshire constituency, which since the2010 general election had been represented byConservative MPHeather Wheeler.[10] At the2019 general election, Wheeler had won South Derbyshire by a margin of 4,168 votes (36.3%) over the second-placed Labour candidate.[11] At the2024 general election, Niblett defeated Wheeler by a margin of 4,168 votes (9.1%).[12] In doing so, Niblett became the first Labour MP for South Derbyshire sinceMark Todd, who held the seat from 1997 to 2010, and is the first female Labour MP for South Derbyshire.
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