Stephen Knight is a

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politician in the United Kingdom who has previously been a member of the London Assembly for the Liberal Democrats.

Political career

Knight was a councillor in

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and a past leader of the Liberal Democrat group there. From 2006 to 2010, he served as Deputy Leader with responsibility for finance. He was largely responsible for the rebuilding of

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under the

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programme. He was elected as a London-wide member of the London Assembly in

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, but did not stand in

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after being demoted by party members from second place to fifth place on the Liberal Democrat candidate list. He defected to the Labour Party in January 2018 and was not re-elected on 3 May 2018.

Personal life

His partner, Jennifer Churchill, was a

councillor in Richmond upon Thames after defecting from the Liberal Democrats in 2015. She failed to be re-elected in May 2018 when she stood in West Twickenham, finishing behind Liberal Democrat and Conservative candidates.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Stephen Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Councillors in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Labour Party (UK) councillors Liberal Democrat Members of the London Assembly Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors