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Line 2: {{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder \| honorific-prefix = ~~[[Councillor\|Cllr]]~~ \| name = Luisa Porritt \| honorific-suffix = Line 8: \| image = Luisa Porritt profile by Thames (cropped).jpg \| caption = \|office4 = [[Young Liberals (UK)\|Honorary President of Young Liberals]] \|term_start4= 2021<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.youngliberals.uk/honorary-officers \| title=Honorary Officers - Young Liberals }}</ref> \| office = [[Member of the European Parliament]] <br/> for [[London (European Parliament constituency)\|London]] \| term_start = [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom\|2 July 2019]] Line 13 ⟶ 15: \| predecessor = [[Mary Honeyball]] \| successor = ''Position abolished'' \| office1 = ~~Member of~~ [[Camden London Borough Council]]\|Lib ~~for~~Dem ~~[[Belsize~~Group ~~(ward)\|Belsize~~Leader on Camden Council]] \| term_start1 = 37 ~~May~~September ~~2018~~2020 \| term_end1 = May 2022 \| deputy1 = Tom Simon ~~\| predecessor1 = Leila Roy ([[Conservative Party (UK)\|Con]])~~ \| ~~successor1~~predecessor1 = [[Flick = Rea]] \| successor1 = Tom Simon \| office2 = Member of [[Camden London Borough Council]] for [[Belsize (ward)\|Belsize]] \| term_start2 = 3 May 2018 \| term_end2 = 5 May 2022 \| predecessor2 = Leila Roy \| successor2 = Judy Dixey \| parliament = European \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1987\|05\|23}} Line 31 ⟶ 38: \| occupation = \| profession = \| website = ~~{{url\|www.luisa4london.co.uk}}~~ }} '''Luisa Manon Porritt''' (born 23 May 1987) is a British [[Liberal Democrats (UK)\|Liberal Democrat]] politician. '''Luisa Manon Porritt''' (born 23 May 1987) is a British [[Liberal Democrats (UK)\|Liberal Democrat]] politician. She served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for [[London (European Parliament constituency)\|London]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web \|title=The UK's European elections 2019 \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/crjeqkdevwvt/the-uks-european-elections-2019 \|website=BBC News \|access-date=26 May 2019 \|archive-date=29 April 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429002937/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/crjeqkdevwvt/the-uks-european-elections-2019 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tory-leadership-news-live-environment-secretary-michael-gove-to-enter-race-after-raab-and-leadsom-a4151711.html\|title=Live updates as Brexit Party takes first two seats\|author=\|date=26 May 2019\|website=Evening Standard\|access-date=26 May 2019\|archive-date=26 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526105025/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tory-leadership-news-live-environment-secretary-michael-gove-to-enter-race-after-raab-and-leadsom-a4151711.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> She was the party's candidate for the [[2021 London mayoral election]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.londonlibdems.org.uk/luisa4london\|title="I'll bring big ideas and urgent action" - Luisa Porritt\|author=\|date=13 October 2020\|website=London Liberal Democrats\|access-date=17 October 2020\|archive-date=20 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020000354/https://www.londonlibdems.org.uk/luisa4london\|url-status=live}}</ref> where she failed to achieve more than 5% of the vote and thus lost her deposit. ▼ She was elected as a Councillor for Belsize ward in Camden in 2018 and served as the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council from 2020 to 2022. ~~== Early life and education ==~~ Luisa Manon Porritt was born at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] on 23 May 1987.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Taylor\|first=Harry\|title=EU elections: Belsize councillor Luisa Porritt bids to become an MEP on birthday\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/belsize-camden-councillor-hopes-for-birthday-ballot-delight-1-6011476\|access-date=2020-08-06\|website=Hampstead Highgate Express\|date=23 April 2019\|language=en\|archive-date=1 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201205429/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/belsize-camden-councillor-hopes-for-birthday-ballot-delight-1-6011476\|url-status=live}}</ref> She grew up in Camden and was educated at a local private school.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=A 'safer, fairer and greener' London - Belsize's Luisa in line for mayoral race\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/lib-dems-luisa-porritt-ham-high-interview-1-6844971\|date=21 September 2020\|access-date=2020-11-03\|archive-date=22 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022213859/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/lib-dems-luisa-porritt-ham-high-interview-1-6844971\|url-status=live}}</ref> She earned a degree in history from [[Royal Holloway, University of London]] in 2008 and went on to complete a [[Master's degree]] at [[Sciences Po Paris]].<ref name=LPperRHC>{{cite web\|url=https://manualzz.com/doc/31913636/higher-15---royal-holloway--university-of-london\|title=Alumni Generations\|pages=24–25\|date=2011\|volume=15\|work=Higher – The Magazine for the alumni of Royal Holloway and Bedford [colleges]\|access-date=27 May 2019\|archive-date=27 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527101638/https://manualzz.com/doc/31913636/higher-15---royal-holloway--university-of-london\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=2020-10-13\|title=Lib Dem mayoral candidate vows to speak for 'millennial Londoners'\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/lib-dem-london-mayoral-candidate-luisa-porritt-interview-a4569296.html\|access-date=2020-10-13\|website=Evening Standard\|language=en\|archive-date=16 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016152920/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/lib-dem-london-mayoral-candidate-luisa-porritt-interview-a4569296.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> ▲~~'''Luisa~~She ~~Manon Porritt''' (born 23 May 1987) is a British [[Liberal Democrats (UK)\|Liberal Democrat]] politician. She~~also served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for [[London (European Parliament constituency)\|London]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web \|title=The UK's European elections 2019 \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/crjeqkdevwvt/the-uks-european-elections-2019 \|website=BBC News \|access-date=26 May 2019 \|archive-date=29 April 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429002937/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/crjeqkdevwvt/the-uks-european-elections-2019 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tory-leadership-news-live-environment-secretary-michael-gove-to-enter-race-after-raab-and-leadsom-a4151711.html\|title=Live updates as Brexit Party takes first two seats\|author=\|date=26 May 2019\|website=Evening Standard\|access-date=26 May 2019\|archive-date=26 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526105025/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tory-leadership-news-live-environment-secretary-michael-gove-to-enter-race-after-raab-and-leadsom-a4151711.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~She~~and was the party's candidate for the [[2021 London mayoral election]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.londonlibdems.org.uk/luisa4london\|title="I'll bring big ideas and urgent action" - Luisa Porritt\|author=\|date=13 October 2020\|website=London Liberal Democrats\|access-date=17 October 2020\|archive-date=20 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020000354/https://www.londonlibdems.org.uk/luisa4london\|url-status=live}}</ref> where she failed to achieve ~~more than~~ 5% of the vote and ~~thus~~ lost her deposit. == Career ==▼ Before her political career, Porritt worked as a journalist, a consultant for strategic advisory firm [[Global Counsel]], and a political researcher and advisor for [[Shriti Vadera]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-09-16\|title=Luisa Porritt\|website=[[Business Insider]]\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/author/luisa-porritt?r=US&IR=T\|access-date=2021-05-16\|language=en\|archive-date=16 May 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516215912/https://www.businessinsider.com/author/luisa-porritt?r=US&IR=T\|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, she was working as the UK managing director for Fargo Agency (the UK division has since been dissolved) <ref>{{Cite web \|title=FARGO AGENCY UK LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) \|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10826832 \|access-date=2021-08-04 \|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk \|language=en \|archive-date=4 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804204607/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10826832 \|url-status=live }}</ref> advising financial services clients such as Swiss Life Asset Management <ref>{{Cite web \|title=Our clients {{!}} FARGO {{!}} Communications agency \|url=https://en.fargo.agency/our-clients \|access-date=2021-08-04 \|website=Fargo \|language=en-US \|archive-date=4 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804204609/https://en.fargo.agency/our-clients \|url-status=live }}</ref> who recently have came under investigation for tax evasion.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-05-14 \|title=Switzerland's Largest Insurance Company and Three Subsidiaries Admit to Conspiring with U.S. Taxpayers to Hide Assets and Income in Offshore Accounts \|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/switzerland-s-largest-insurance-company-and-three-subsidiaries-admit-conspiring-us-taxpayers \|access-date=2021-08-04 \|website=www.justice.gov \|archive-date=4 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804205042/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/switzerland-s-largest-insurance-company-and-three-subsidiaries-admit-conspiring-us-taxpayers \|url-status=live }}</ref> Porritt ran to become the Liberal Democrat candidate for the parliamentary constituency of [[Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)\|Sutton and Cheam]] for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election\|2024 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://insidecroydon.com/2024/04/16/tories-relieved-as-libdems-opt-for-lightweights-in-sutton/\|title=Tories relieved as LibDems opt for lightweights in Sutton\|date=16 April 2024\|website=Inside Croydon}}</ref> However, she did not win the selection, losing to [[Luke Taylor (politician)\|Luke Taylor]], who went on to win the seat.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Sutton and Cheam - General Election results 2024 \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001534 \|access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> Porritt recently became Head of Investment Content at Edelman Smithfield <ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1726648 \|title=Edelman hires former Mayor of London candidate and ex-MEP in new investment content role \|first=John \|last=Harrington \|date=7 September 2021 \|website=[[PRWeek]] \|access-date=23 September 2021 \|archive-date=18 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118150720/https://www.prweek.com/article/1726648/edelman-hires-former-mayor-london-candidate-ex-mep-new-investment-content-role \|url-status=live }}</ref> which has been criticised by environmental activists due to Edelman's history of working with clients to oppose climate regulations such as its work with Exxon.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://gizmodo.com/exxon-s-secret-assist-from-the-world-s-top-pr-firm-1847721598 \|last=Noor \|first=Dharna \|date=22 September 2021 \|work=[[Gizmodo]] \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015052018/https://gizmodo.com/exxon-s-secret-assist-from-the-world-s-top-pr-firm-1847721598 \|archive-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> == ~~Political~~Early ~~career~~life and education == Luisa Manon Porritt was born at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] in [[Hampstead]] on 23 May 1987.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Taylor\|first=Harry\|title=EU elections: Belsize councillor Luisa Porritt bids to become an MEP on birthday\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/belsize-camden-councillor-hopes-for-birthday-ballot-delight-1-6011476\|access-date=2020-08-06\|website=Hampstead Highgate Express\|date=23 April 2019\|language=en\|archive-date=1 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201205429/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/belsize-camden-councillor-hopes-for-birthday-ballot-delight-1-6011476\|url-status=live}}</ref> Porritt joined the Liberal Democrats a few days after the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Q&A: My Belsize Park, by Cllr Luisa Porritt\|date=5 July 2018\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/q-a-cllr-louisa-porritt-on-her-passion-for-belsize-park-1-5591831\|publisher=[[Archant]] (Hampstead & Highgate Express), [[Norwich]]\|access-date=18 October 2020\|archive-date=18 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018124651/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/q-a-cllr-louisa-porritt-on-her-passion-for-belsize-park-1-5591831\|url-status=live}}</ref> She became a Liberal Democrat councillor for the [[London Borough of Camden]] in 2018.<ref name="LMPperH&H">{{cite web\|title=EU elections: Camden councillor Luisa Porritt elected MEP for London as Lib Dems take 27% of votes in capital\|date=27 May 2019\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/eu-elections-camden-lib-dem-luisa-porritt-becomes-mep-for-london-1-6072866\|publisher=[[Archant]] (Hampstead & Highgate Express), [[Norwich]]\|access-date=27 May 2019\|archive-date=27 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527095854/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/eu-elections-camden-lib-dem-luisa-porritt-becomes-mep-for-london-1-6072866\|url-status=live}}</ref> She gained a seat for the marginal council ward of [[Belsize (ward)\|Belsize]] from the Conservative incumbent by nine votes, following a recount.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Belsize: Lib Dems take seats from the Tories after dramatic recount \|date=4 May 2018 \|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/belsize-lib-dems-take-seats-from-the-tories-after-dramatic-recount \|newspaper=Camden New Journal \|access-date=30 May 2019 \|archive-date=30 May 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530113321/http://camdennewjournal.com/article/belsize-lib-dems-take-seats-from-the-tories-after-dramatic-recount \|url-status=live }}</ref> She became leader of the small Liberal Democrat group of 3 on Camden council on 7 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Taylor \|first=Harry \|title=Longstanding Camden Lib Dem leader Flick Rea 'passes on the baton', with Luisa Porritt taking over borough's third party \|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/flick-rea-camden-lib-dem-leader-steps-down-in-favour-of-luisa-porritt-1-6826594 \|access-date=2020-09-10 \|website=Hampstead Highgate Express \|date=7 September 2020 \|language=en \|archive-date=7 September 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907185408/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/flick-rea-camden-lib-dem-leader-steps-down-in-favour-of-luisa-porritt-1-6826594 \|url-status=live }}</ref>▼ InShe ~~the~~grew ~~[[2019 European Parliament election~~up in ~~the~~Camden ~~United Kingdom\|2019 European Parliament election]], she~~and was ~~third~~educated on the Liberal Democrat list for the [[London (European Parliament constituency)\|London constituency]].<ref name="LMPperH&H" /> The Liberal Democrats won 27% of the vote, winning three seats, so Porritt was elected asat a ~~[[Member~~local ofprivate ~~the European Parliament]]~~school.<ref>{{Cite web ~~\|last=Taylor \|first=Harry~~ \|title=EUA ~~elections:~~'safer, ~~Camden~~fairer ~~councillor~~and ~~Luisa Porritt elected MEP for~~greener' London as- ~~Lib~~Belsize's ~~Dems~~Luisa ~~take~~in ~~27%~~line ~~of votes in~~for ~~capital~~mayoral race\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/~~politics/eu~~21348263.safer-~~elections~~fairer-~~camden~~greener-~~lib~~london-~~dem~~-~~luisa~~-~~porritt~~belsizes-~~becomes~~luisa-~~mep~~line-~~for~~mayoral-~~london-1-6072866~~race/\|date=21 September 2020\|access-date=2020-0811-~~06 \|website=Hampstead Highgate Express \|date=26 May 2019 \|language=en~~ 03\|archive-date=2722 ~~May 2019~~October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20190527095854~~20201022213859/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/~~politics/eu-elections-camden-~~lib-~~dem~~dems-luisa-porritt-~~becomes~~ham-~~mep~~high-~~for-london~~interview-1-~~6072866~~ 6844971\|url-status=live }}</ref> She ~~was~~earned ~~appointed~~a ~~deputy~~degree ~~leader~~in ofhistory ~~the~~from ~~Liberal~~[[Royal ~~Democrat~~Holloway, ~~group~~University inof ~~the~~London]] ~~European~~in ~~Parliament.<ref>{{Cite~~2008 ~~web~~and ~~\|last=Taylor~~went ~~\|first=Harry~~on ~~\|title=Camden~~to ~~MEP~~complete ~~Luisa~~a ~~Porritt~~[[Master's ~~elected~~degree]] asat ~~Liberal~~[[Sciences ~~Democrat's~~Po ~~European~~Paris]].<ref ~~Parliament deputy leader~~name=LPperRHC>{{cite web\|url=https://~~www~~manualzz.~~hamhigh.co.uk~~com/~~news~~doc/~~politics~~31913636/~~belsize~~higher-~~councillor~~15-~~and~~-~~new~~-~~mep~~royal-~~becomes~~holloway-~~deputy~~-~~leader~~university-of-~~lib-dems-1-6114185~~london\|title=Alumni Generations\|pages=24–25\|~~access-~~date=~~2020-08-06~~ 2011\|~~website~~volume=~~Hampstead~~15\|work=Higher ~~Highgate~~– ~~Express~~The Magazine for the alumni of Royal Holloway and Bedford [colleges]\|access-date=1927 ~~June~~May 2019 ~~\|language=en~~ \|archive-date=2827 ~~September 2020~~May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20200928000119~~20190527101638/https://~~www~~manualzz.~~hamhigh.co.uk~~com/~~news~~doc/~~politics~~31913636/~~belsize~~higher-~~councillor~~15-~~and~~-~~new~~-~~mep~~royal-~~becomes~~holloway-~~deputy~~-~~leader~~university-of-~~lib-dems-1-6114185~~ london\|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~During her time as an MEP, Porritt brought resolutions calling on Iran to release [[Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe]].~~<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2020-10-13\|title=~~Camden~~Lib ~~MEP~~Dem ~~brings~~mayoral ~~EU resolution calling on~~candidate ~~Iran~~vows to ~~free~~speak ~~Nazanin~~for ~~Zaghari-Ratcliffe and slamming its protester crackdown \|date=20 December 2019~~'millennial Londoners'\|url=https://www.~~hamhigh~~standard.co.uk/news/~~free~~politics/lib-~~nazanin~~dem-~~camden~~london-~~mep~~mayoral-~~raises~~candidate-~~nazanin~~luisa-sporritt-~~case~~interview-~~again-and-slams-iranian-protester-crackdown-1-6435504~~ a4569296.html\|access-date=~~3 November~~ 2020-10-13\|website=Evening Standard\|language=en\|archive-date=2716 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20201027185654~~20201016152920/https://www.~~hamhigh~~standard.co.uk/news/~~free~~politics/lib-~~nazanin~~dem-~~camden~~london-~~mep~~mayoral-~~raises~~candidate-~~nazanin~~luisa-sporritt-~~case~~interview-~~again-and-slams-iranian-protester-crackdown-1-6435504~~ a4569296.html\|url-status=live }}</ref> ▲== Career == Porritt was reported to be “seriously considering” putting her name forward to be the Liberal Democrat candidate in the [[2021 London mayoral election]] after [[Siobhan Benita]] withdrew from the race following its postponement from the original May 2020 date.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Taylor\|first=Harry\|title=Belsize councillor Luisa Porritt 'seriously considering' Lib Dem mayoral candidate bid\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/luisa-porritt-considers-london-mayoral-candidacy-bid-1-6775695\|access-date=2020-08-06\|website=Hampstead Highgate Express\|date=4 August 2020\|language=en\|archive-date=6 August 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806145433/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/luisa-porritt-considers-london-mayoral-candidacy-bid-1-6775695\|url-status=live}}</ref> She won the selection against the option to [[reopen nominations]] on 13 October 2020 after the other shortlisted candidate, Geeta Sidhu-Robb, was suspended from the Liberal Democrats following antisemitism. Siddhu-Robb was filmed when she was a Conservative candidate in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election\|1997 general election]] saying: “Don’t vote for a Jew, Jack Straw is a Jew.”<ref name="GSRcandidacy">{{cite news \|title=Lib Dem Geeta Sidhu Robb dropped over antisemitism \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lib-dem-geeta-sidhu-robb-dropped-over-antisemitism-qsrvnccfb \|newspaper=[[The Times]] \|location=[[London]] \|first=Patrick \|last=Maguire \|date=14 September 2020 \|access-date=14 September 2020 \|archive-date=19 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119161938/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lib-dem-geeta-sidhu-robb-dropped-over-antisemitism-qsrvnccfb \|url-status=live }}</ref> ▼ Before her political career, Porritt worked as a journalist, a consultant for strategic advisory firm [[Global Counsel]], and a political researcher and advisor for [[Shriti Vadera]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2015-09-16\|title=Luisa Porritt\|website=[[Business Insider]]\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/author/luisa-porritt?r=US&IR=T\|access-date=2021-05-16\|language=en\|archive-date=16 May 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516215912/https://www.businessinsider.com/author/luisa-porritt?r=US&IR=T\|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Porritt became Head of Investment Content at PR firm Edelman Smithfield.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1726648 \|title=Edelman hires former Mayor of London candidate and ex-MEP in new investment content role \|first=John \|last=Harrington \|date=7 September 2021 \|website=[[PRWeek]] \|access-date=23 September 2021 \|archive-date=18 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118150720/https://www.prweek.com/article/1726648/edelman-hires-former-mayor-london-candidate-ex-mep-new-investment-content-role \|url-status=live }}</ref> == Political career == Porritt called for empty offices to be turned into affordable housing,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=New Lib Dem mayoral candidate calls for City of London offices to be converted into homes\|url=https://www.cityam.com/new-lib-dem-mayoral-candidate-calls-for-city-of-london-offices-to-be-converted-into-homes/\|date=13 October 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=1 November 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101131948/https://www.cityam.com/new-lib-dem-mayoral-candidate-calls-for-city-of-london-offices-to-be-converted-into-homes/\|url-status=live}}</ref> and reform of stop and search.<ref>{{Cite web\|title='I would reform stop and search as the city's mayor'\|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/i-would-reform-stop-and-search-as-the-citys-mayor\|date=23 October 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=5 November 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105082214/http://camdennewjournal.com/article/i-would-reform-stop-and-search-as-the-citys-mayor\|url-status=live}}</ref> She has been critical of the Government's handling of [[Coronavirus disease 2019\|coronavirus]], calling for a circuit breaker lockdown when London was put into Tier 2 restrictions in October 2020,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Luisa Porritt: New lockdown restrictions due to Government incompetence\|url=https://london-tv.co.uk/luisa-porritt-new-lockdown-restrictions-due-to-government-incompetence\|date=15 October 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=30 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030040117/https://london-tv.co.uk/luisa-porritt-new-lockdown-restrictions-due-to-government-incompetence/\|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Sadiq Khan]]'s negotiations on the future of [[Transport For London]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title='TfL bailout deal done to keep London's Tube and buses running'\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-bailout-deal-agreed-to-keep-london-s-b36628.html\|date=2 November 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=1 November 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101122727/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-bailout-deal-agreed-to-keep-london-s-b36628.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>She was met by criticism from environmentalists for her opposition to cycle lanes and green infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cycle lane 'will ruin our businesses' \|date=16 October 2020 \|first=Richard \|last=Osley \|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/cycle-lane-will-ruin-our-businesses \|work=[[Camden New Journal]] \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 July 2021 \|archive-date=27 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727144401/http://camdennewjournal.com/article/cycle-lane-will-ruin-our-businesses }}</ref> Her campaign also met criticism for continually breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules, with senior members such as Lib Dem Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon meeting in groups to campaign during the national lockdown. <ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-09\|title=LibDems Still Breaking Election Lockdown Laws\|url=https://order-order.com/2021/03/09/libdems-still-breaking-election-lockdown-laws/\|access-date=2021-08-04\|website=Guido Fawkes\|language=en-GB\|archive-date=4 August 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804231556/https://order-order.com/2021/03/09/libdems-still-breaking-election-lockdown-laws/\|url-status=live}}</ref> ▼ ===Camden Council=== ▲Porritt joined the Liberal Democrats a few days after the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Q&A: My Belsize Park, by Cllr Luisa Porritt\|date=5 July 2018\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/q-a-cllr-louisa-porritt-on-her-passion-for-belsize-park-1-5591831\|publisher=[[Archant]] (Hampstead & Highgate Express), [[Norwich]]\|access-date=18 October 2020\|archive-date=18 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018124651/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/q-a-cllr-louisa-porritt-on-her-passion-for-belsize-park-1-5591831\|url-status=live}}</ref> She became a Liberal Democrat councillor for the [[London Borough of Camden]] in [[2018 Camden London Borough Council election\|2018]].<ref name="LMPperH&H">{{cite web\|title=EU elections: Camden councillor Luisa Porritt elected MEP for London as Lib Dems take 27% of votes in capital\|date=27 May 2019\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/eu-elections-camden-lib-dem-luisa-porritt-becomes-mep-for-london-1-6072866\|publisher=[[Archant]] (Hampstead & Highgate Express), [[Norwich]]\|access-date=27 May 2019\|archive-date=27 May 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527095854/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/eu-elections-camden-lib-dem-luisa-porritt-becomes-mep-for-london-1-6072866\|url-status=live}}</ref> She gained a seat for the marginal council ward of [[Belsize (ward)\|Belsize]] from the Conservative incumbent by nine votes, following a recount.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Belsize: Lib Dems take seats from the Tories after dramatic recount \|date=4 May 2018 \|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/belsize-lib-dems-take-seats-from-the-tories-after-dramatic-recount \|newspaper=Camden New Journal \|access-date=30 May 2019 \|archive-date=30 May 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530113321/http://camdennewjournal.com/article/belsize-lib-dems-take-seats-from-the-tories-after-dramatic-recount \|url-status=live }}</ref> She became leader of the ~~small~~ Liberal Democrat group ~~of 3~~ on Camden ~~council~~Council on 7 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Taylor \|first=Harry \|title=Longstanding Camden Lib Dem leader Flick Rea 'passes on the baton', with Luisa Porritt taking over borough's third party \|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/flick-rea-camden-lib-dem-leader-steps-down-in-favour-of-luisa-porritt-1-6826594 \|access-date=2020-09-10 \|website=Hampstead Highgate Express \|date=7 September 2020 \|language=en \|archive-date=7 September 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907185408/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/flick-rea-camden-lib-dem-leader-steps-down-in-favour-of-luisa-porritt-1-6826594 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Porritt ~~will stand~~stood down as a Camden councillor at the [[2022 Camden London Borough Council election]]~~, citing work commitments~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/camden-lib-dem-leader-luisa-porritt-to-stand-down-at-elections\|title=Camden Lib Dem leader Luisa Porritt to stand down at elections\|date=3 February 2022\|access-date=14 February 2022\|work=[[Camden New Journal]]\|first=Richard\|last=Osley}}</ref>▼ Siobhan Benita the Liberal Democrats former candidate for Mayor who Porritt replaced did not endorse Porritt in the election, choosing to endorse The Rejoin EU party with her first preference <ref>{{Cite tweet \|user=rejoinp \|author=The Rejoin EU Party \|number=1388754415163691008 \|title=If you didn't want to leave the EU, or if you now realise what you have lost, Siobhan Benita has a message for you \|access-date=2021-08-04 \|language=en}}</ref> and Sadiq Khan as her second preference.<ref>{{Cite tweet \|user=siobhanbenita \|author=[[Siobhan Benita]] \|number=1390959594680328192 \|title=In London, Sadiq Khan is likely to win for Labour but only with second preference votes from Greens, Lib Dems, RejoinEU and other centre/left voters. A clear argument for a #ProgressiveAlliance at national level. \|sate=May 8, 2021 \|access-date=2021-08-04 \|language=en}}</ref> She later explained as part of a speech to her party's annual conference that one of the reasons she had been forced to leave Camden was due to the areas high house prices.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/lib-dems-in-bournemouth-former-leader-tells-conference-that-she-was-priced-out-of-camden-by-housing-costs \|title=Lib Dems in Bournemouth: Former leader tells conference that she was priced out of Camden by housing costs\|date=28 September 2023\|access-date=28 April 2024\|work=[[Camden New Journal]]\|first=Richard\|last=Osley}}</ref> Porritt placed fourth in the election, failing to achieve 5% of the vote and therefore losing her deposit, the Lib Dems' second worst result in the London Mayoral Elections. This was the third Mayoral election in a row that the Lib Dems came fourth, leading the Greens to suggest they were now the third party in London. Porritt came third in her own council ward Belsize on 209 votes (just 1 vote more than the Greens in fourth place) to Labour's Sadiq Khan's 986 and the Conservatives' 477.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/2021%20London%20Elects%20-%20Ward%20Level%20Data%20Release.xlsx \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=22 July 2021 \|archive-date=22 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722190439/https://www.londonelects.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/2021%20London%20Elects%20-%20Ward%20Level%20Data%20Release.xlsx \|url-status=live }}</ref> ===European Parliament=== In Porritt's position as a Camden councillor on August 26 2021 Porritt abstained on a motion to support Haverstock Hill cycle lane in her own ward, a position which has been criticised by the Camden Cycling Campaign who said “We are extremely disappointed that, particularly in a month with a tragic fatality in Holborn and a serious injury in Adelaide Road, there are councillors who oppose it. We have declared a climate emergency. We have to take all possible measures to encourage walking, cycling and other environmentally responsible modes of travel. Haverstock Hill is a key link in Camden’s planned cycle network and has been in the transport strategy since 2018.” In the end despite a year long campaign against the cycle lane by the Lib Dems and Conservatives, the council voted 5 -1 in favour of its creation. <ref>{{cite news \|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/haverstock-hill-cycle-lanes-will-go-ahead-as-latest-challenge-falls \|title=Haverstock Hill cycle lanes WILL go ahead as latest challenge falls \|date=26 August 2021 \|first=Richard \|last=Osley \|newspaper=Camden New Journal \|access-date=23 September 2021 \|archive-date=27 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827110657/http://camdennewjournal.com/article/haverstock-hill-cycle-lanes-will-go-ahead-as-latest-challenge-falls \|url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom\|2019 European Parliament election]], she was third on the Liberal Democrat list for the [[London (European Parliament constituency)\|London constituency]].<ref name="LMPperH&H" /> The Liberal Democrats won 27% of the vote, winning three seats, so Porritt was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Taylor \|first=Harry \|title=EU elections: Camden councillor Luisa Porritt elected MEP for London as Lib Dems take 27% of votes in capital \|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/eu-elections-camden-lib-dem-luisa-porritt-becomes-mep-for-london-1-6072866 \|access-date=2020-08-06 \|website=Hampstead Highgate Express \|date=26 May 2019 \|language=en \|archive-date=27 May 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527095854/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/eu-elections-camden-lib-dem-luisa-porritt-becomes-mep-for-london-1-6072866 \|url-status=live }}</ref> She was appointed deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat group in the European Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Taylor \|first=Harry \|title=Camden MEP Luisa Porritt elected as Liberal Democrat's European Parliament deputy leader \|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/belsize-councillor-and-new-mep-becomes-deputy-leader-of-lib-dems-1-6114185 \|access-date=2020-08-06 \|website=Hampstead Highgate Express \|date=19 June 2019 \|language=en \|archive-date=28 September 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928000119/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/belsize-councillor-and-new-mep-becomes-deputy-leader-of-lib-dems-1-6114185 \|url-status=live }}</ref> During her time as an MEP, Porritt brought resolutions calling on Iran to release [[Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Camden MEP brings EU resolution calling on Iran to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and slamming its protester crackdown \|date=20 December 2019 \|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/free-nazanin-camden-mep-raises-nazanin-s-case-again-and-slams-iranian-protester-crackdown-1-6435504 \|access-date=3 November 2020 \|archive-date=27 October 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027185654/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/free-nazanin-camden-mep-raises-nazanin-s-case-again-and-slams-iranian-protester-crackdown-1-6435504 \|url-status=live }}</ref> ===London mayoral candidate=== ▲Porritt will stand down as a Camden councillor at the [[2022 Camden London Borough Council election]], citing work commitments.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/camden-lib-dem-leader-luisa-porritt-to-stand-down-at-elections\|title=Camden Lib Dem leader Luisa Porritt to stand down at elections\|date=3 February 2022\|access-date=14 February 2022\|work=[[Camden New Journal]]\|first=Richard\|last=Osley}}</ref> ▲Porritt was reported to be ~~“seriously considering”~~"seriously considering" putting her name forward to be the Liberal Democrat candidate in the [[2021 London mayoral election]] after [[Siobhan Benita]] withdrew from the race following its postponement from the original May 2020 date.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Taylor\|first=Harry\|title=Belsize councillor Luisa Porritt 'seriously considering' Lib Dem mayoral candidate bid\|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/luisa-porritt-considers-london-mayoral-candidacy-bid-1-6775695\|access-date=2020-08-06\|website=Hampstead Highgate Express\|date=4 August 2020\|language=en\|archive-date=6 August 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806145433/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/luisa-porritt-considers-london-mayoral-candidacy-bid-1-6775695\|url-status=live}}</ref> She won the selection against the option to [[reopen nominations]] on 13 October 2020 after the only other shortlisted candidate, Geeta Sidhu-Robb, was suspended from the Liberal Democrats following antisemitism. Siddhu-Robb was filmed when she was a Conservative candidate in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election\|1997 general election]] saying: “Don’t vote for a Jew, Jack Straw is a Jew.”<ref name="GSRcandidacy">{{cite news \|title=Lib Dem Geeta Sidhu Robb dropped over antisemitism \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lib-dem-geeta-sidhu-robb-dropped-over-antisemitism-qsrvnccfb \|newspaper=[[The Times]] \|location=[[London]] \|first=Patrick \|last=Maguire \|date=14 September 2020 \|access-date=14 September 2020 \|archive-date=19 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119161938/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lib-dem-geeta-sidhu-robb-dropped-over-antisemitism-qsrvnccfb \|url-status=live }}</ref> ▲Porritt called for empty offices to be turned into affordable housing,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=New Lib Dem mayoral candidate calls for City of London offices to be converted into homes\|url=https://www.cityam.com/new-lib-dem-mayoral-candidate-calls-for-city-of-london-offices-to-be-converted-into-homes/\|date=13 October 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=1 November 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101131948/https://www.cityam.com/new-lib-dem-mayoral-candidate-calls-for-city-of-london-offices-to-be-converted-into-homes/\|url-status=live}}</ref> and reform of stop and search.<ref>{{Cite web\|title='I would reform stop and search as the city's mayor'\|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/i-would-reform-stop-and-search-as-the-citys-mayor\|date=23 October 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=5 November 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105082214/http://camdennewjournal.com/article/i-would-reform-stop-and-search-as-the-citys-mayor\|url-status=live}}</ref> She has been critical of the ~~Government~~government's handling of [[Coronavirus disease 2019\|coronavirus]], calling for a circuit breaker lockdown when London was put into Tier 2 restrictions in October 2020,<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Luisa Porritt: New lockdown restrictions due to Government incompetence\|url=https://london-tv.co.uk/luisa-porritt-new-lockdown-restrictions-due-to-government-incompetence\|date=15 October 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=30 October 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030040117/https://london-tv.co.uk/luisa-porritt-new-lockdown-restrictions-due-to-government-incompetence/\|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Sadiq Khan]]'s negotiations on the future of [[Transport For London]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title='TfL bailout deal done to keep London's Tube and buses running'\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-bailout-deal-agreed-to-keep-london-s-b36628.html\|date=2 November 2020\|access-date=3 November 2020\|archive-date=1 November 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101122727/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-bailout-deal-agreed-to-keep-london-s-b36628.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>She was met by criticism from environmentalists for her opposition to cycle lanes and green infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cycle lane 'will ruin our businesses' \|date=16 October 2020 \|first=Richard \|last=Osley \|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/cycle-lane-will-ruin-our-businesses \|work=[[Camden New Journal]] \|url-status=live \|access-date=27 July 2021 \|archive-date=27 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727144401/http://camdennewjournal.com/article/cycle-lane-will-ruin-our-businesses }}</ref> Her campaign also met criticism for continually breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules, with senior members such as Lib Dem Assembly Member Caroline Pidgeon meeting in groups to campaign during the national lockdown. <ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-03-09\|title=LibDems Still Breaking Election Lockdown Laws\|url=https://order-order.com/2021/03/09/libdems-still-breaking-election-lockdown-laws/\|access-date=2021-08-04\|website=Guido Fawkes\|language=en-GB\|archive-date=4 August 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804231556/https://order-order.com/2021/03/09/libdems-still-breaking-election-lockdown-laws/\|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~== Personal life ==~~ Porritt is of Jewish, Spanish, Turkish, Egyptian and Austro-Hungarian descent.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Lib Dem mayoral hopeful: After discovering my roots, antisemitism felt personal\|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/lib-dem-mayoral-hopeful-after-discovering-my-roots-antisemitism-felt-personal/\|date=2 November 2020\|author=Stephen Oryszczuk\|publisher=Independent Jewish Community News Foundation\|work=Jewish News\|access-date=23 November 2020\|archive-date=24 November 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124130054/https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/lib-dem-mayoral-hopeful-after-discovering-my-roots-antisemitism-felt-personal/\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== Line 68 ⟶ 77: ==External links== * [https://www.luisa4london.co.uk Luisa Porritt for Mayor of London] – campaign website * [https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197700/LUISA_PORRITT/history/9 Luisa Porritt at the European Parliament] * [https://twitter.com/LuisaPorritt Twitter] * [https://www.facebook.com/LuisaMPorritt Facebook] * [https://www.instagram.com/luisaporritt/ Instagram] {{DEFAULTSORT:Porritt, Luisa Manon}} [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English people of Egyptian-Jewish descent]] [[Category:English people of Spanish-Jewish descent]] [[Category:English people of Turkish-Jewish descent]] [[Category:Liberal Democrats (UK) MEPs]] [[Category:MEPs for England 2019–2020]] Line 82 ⟶ 91: [[Category:Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London]] [[Category:Sciences Po alumni]] [[Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Camden]] [[Category:Jewish British politicians]]