Sally Gimson (née Malcolm-Smith) is a British
Labour Party politician
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, ex-councillor in the
Highgate ward of
Camden Council.
Career
Gimson graduated from the
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
in 1987 with a degree in Modern Languages, before training as a journalist.
Until her election to Camden Council she was Head of Public Policy at
Victim Support
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Activities
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, and she was previously Director of Communications at the
Family and Parenting Institute.
Sally Gimson was an unsuccessful
parliamentary candidate in the
South Leicestershire constituency in the
2010 General Election. She served in the council cabinet as the chief of adult health and social care until she challenged Council leader
Sarah Hayward losing by 24 votes to 15, subsequently returning to the backbenches. On 27 October 2019 Gimson was selected by Bassetlaw Constituency Labour Party to be their prospective parliamentary candidate for the next general election, although she did not end up contesting that position in December 2019 due to a veto by the Labour
NEC
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.
Personal life
She is married to political
journalist
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Andrew Gimson
Andrew Gimson (born 1958) is a British political journalist. Gimson formerly wrote the parliamentary sketch for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and has written a novel entitled ''The Desired Effect'', as well as books about Boris Johnson, British monarc ...
, with whom she has three children. She has previously written about hers and her husband's opposing political positions.
References
External links
Articles by Sally Gimson on Labour ListArticles by Sally Gimson on the New Statesmandemocracy.camden.gov.uk
Councillors in the London Borough of Camden
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
Labour Party (UK) councillors
Women councillors in England
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