Difference between revisions of "Ruth Lauren Smeeth"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | 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> | + | '''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>. | 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>. | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 21 May 2015
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]
Affiliations
Resources
- Asa Winstanley, Former Israel Lobby Spin Doctor Aims for Seat in UK Parliament, Electronic Intifada, 4 April 2014.
Notes
- ↑ Laura James, Ruth Smeeth to replace Joan Walley as Labour Parliamentary candidate 5 April 2014, accessed 11 April 2014
- ↑ Ruth Smeeth Express, accessed 19 May 2015
- ↑ Leon Symons, ‘Israel research centre faces staff exodus’, Jewish Chronicle, 20 April 2007, p.8.
- ↑ Labour chooses election fighter, Uttoxeter Advertiser, accessed 20 August 2012
- ↑ Ruth Smeeth for Labour NEC, RuthSmeeth.com, accessed 21 August 2012
- ↑ Election 2010: Burton constituency, BBC News Online, accessed 21 August 2012
- ↑ Ruth Smeeth profile, LinkedIn, accessed 21 August 2012
