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Ruth Smeeth was selected as the [[Labour Party]] PPC for safe seat of Stoke-on-Trent North on 5 April 2014.<ref>Laura James, [http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Ruth-Smeeth-replace-Joan-Walley-Labour/story-20918198-detail/story.html Ruth Smeeth to replace Joan Walley as Labour Parliamentary candidate] 5 April 2014, accessed 11 April 2014</ref>
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'''Ruth Smeeth''' was selected as the [[Labour Party]] PPC for safe seat of Stoke-on-Trent North on 5 April 2014.<ref>Laura James, [http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Ruth-Smeeth-replace-Joan-Walley-Labour/story-20918198-detail/story.html Ruth Smeeth to replace Joan Walley as Labour Parliamentary candidate] 5 April 2014, accessed 11 April 2014</ref> Smeeth was elected in May 2015 with a majority of 4,836. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/labour/ruth-smeeth/840 Ruth Smeeth] ''Express'', accessed 19 May 2015 </ref>  
  
Previously she worked for [[Sodexho]], before joining the pro-Isreal lobby group [[BICOM]] in August/September 2005 as its Director of Public Affairs. She left in early 2007<ref>Leon Symons, ‘Israel research centre faces staff exodus’, Jewish Chronicle, 20 April 2007, p.8.</ref> and by Nov 2007 she was working at Nestle<ref>[http://www.uttoxeter-news.co.uk/News/Labour-chooses-election-fighter.htm Labour chooses election fighter], Uttoxeter Advertiser, accessed 20 August 2012</ref>.
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Previously she worked for [[Sodexho]], before joining the pro-Isreal lobby group [[BICOM]] in August/September 2005 as its Director of Public Affairs. She left in early 2007<ref>Leon Symons, ‘Israel research centre faces staff exodus’, Jewish Chronicle, 20 April 2007, p.8.</ref> and by Nov 2007 she was working at [[Nestle]]<ref>[http://www.uttoxeter-news.co.uk/News/Labour-chooses-election-fighter.htm Labour chooses election fighter], Uttoxeter Advertiser, accessed 20 August 2012</ref>.
  
She stood for election unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in Burton, West Midlands<ref>[http://ruthsmeeth.com/?page_id=2 Ruth Smeeth for Labour NEC], RuthSmeeth.com, accessed 21 August 2012</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a81.stm Election 2010: Burton constituency], BBC News Online, accessed 21 August 2012</ref> and then worked for the anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ruth-smeeth/14/9a0/259 Ruth Smeeth profile], LinkedIn, accessed 21 August 2012</ref>
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She stood for election unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in Burton, West Midlands<ref>[http://ruthsmeeth.com/?page_id=2 Ruth Smeeth for Labour NEC], RuthSmeeth.com, accessed 21 August 2012</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a81.stm Election 2010: Burton constituency], BBC News Online, accessed 21 August 2012</ref> and then worked for the anti-fascist group [[Hope Not Hate]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ruth-smeeth/14/9a0/259 Ruth Smeeth profile], LinkedIn, accessed 21 August 2012</ref>
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*[[Mary Doherty]] Office manager, [[Hope Not Hate]] <ref name="March">[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsecret/sponsor-05.htm Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 25 April 2016</ref>
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*[[Cathy Perry]] <ref name="March"/>
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*[[Glen Watson]] <ref name="March"/>  
  
 
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*Member of the [[Armed Forces Bill Select Committee]] from November 2015 <ref>[https://www.civilserviceworld.com/articles/analysis/arrivals-moves-departures-latest-appointments-civil-service-politics-and-public-1 Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures'], ''Civil Service World'', accessed 3 November 2015</ref>
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*[[All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces]] - deputy vice chair (Navy) - circa 2018
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*[[Hope Not Hate]]
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*[[Index on Censorship]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:17, 24 July 2024

Ruth Smeeth was selected as the Labour Party PPC for safe seat of Stoke-on-Trent North on 5 April 2014.[1] Smeeth was elected in May 2015 with a majority of 4,836. [2]

Previously she worked for Sodexho, before joining the pro-Isreal lobby group BICOM in August/September 2005 as its Director of Public Affairs. She left in early 2007[3] and by Nov 2007 she was working at Nestle[4].

She stood for election unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate in Burton, West Midlands[5][6] and then worked for the anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate.[7]

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Notes

  1. Laura James, Ruth Smeeth to replace Joan Walley as Labour Parliamentary candidate 5 April 2014, accessed 11 April 2014
  2. Ruth Smeeth Express, accessed 19 May 2015
  3. Leon Symons, ‘Israel research centre faces staff exodus’, Jewish Chronicle, 20 April 2007, p.8.
  4. Labour chooses election fighter, Uttoxeter Advertiser, accessed 20 August 2012
  5. Ruth Smeeth for Labour NEC, RuthSmeeth.com, accessed 21 August 2012
  6. Election 2010: Burton constituency, BBC News Online, accessed 21 August 2012
  7. Ruth Smeeth profile, LinkedIn, accessed 21 August 2012
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 25 April 2016
  9. Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015