Jo Swinson

Jo Swinson
Jo Swinson; MP
Leader o the Leeberal Democrats
	In office; 22 Julie 2019 – 13 December 2019
Precedit bi	Vince Cable
Succeedit bi	Sir Ed Davey & The Baroness Brinton (Actin)
Pairlamentar Unner-Secretar o State for Employment Relations, Consumer an Postal Affairs an for Weemen an Equalities
	In office; 4 September 2012 – 8 Mey 2015
Prime Meenister	David Cameron
Precedit bi	Norman Lamb (as Pairlamentar Unner-Secretar o State for Employment Relations, Consumer an Postal Affairs)
Succeedit bi	Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Pairlamentar Private Secretar tae the Depute Prime Meenister
	In office; 3 Februar 2012 – 4 September 2012
Prime Meenister	David Cameron
Precedit bi	Norman Lamb
Succeedit bi	Duncan Hames
Depute Leader o the Scots Leeberal Democrats
	In office; 20 September 2010 – 23 September 2012
Leader	Tavish Scott; Willie Rennie
Precedit bi	Michael Moore
Succeedit bi	Alistair Carmichael
Member o Pairlament ; for East Dunbartonshire
	In office; 9 Juin 2017 – 6 November 2019
Precedit bi	John Nicolson
Succeedit bi	Amy Callaghan
	In office; 5 Mey 2005 – 30 Mairch 2015
Precedit bi	Constituency creautit
Succeedit bi	John Nicolson
Personal details
Born	5 Februar 1980 (age 44); Glesga, Scotland
Naitionality	Breetish
Poleetical pairty	Leeberal Democrat
Spoose(s)	Duncan Hames (2011–present)
Bairns	Andrew Lennox Marshall Hames
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Wabsteid	www.joswinson.org.uk

Jo Swinson (born 5 Februar 1980) is a Scots Leeberal Democrat politeecian an is a umwhile Member o Pairlament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire constituency, haein held the seat frae 2005 (when she wis the youngest MP electit) tae 2015, an agin frae 2017 tae 2019.

In Julie 2019, Swinson wis electit tae succeed Vince Cable as leader o the Breetish Leeberal Democrats, acomin the first wumman an third Scot (efter Charles Kennedy an Menzies Campbell) tae be electit tae the role. It came juist a day afore Boris Johnson wis propaled as the naxt leader o the Conservative Pairty an Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick.

Swinson propaled her demission as pairty leader efter losin her seat tae Amy Callaghan o the Scots Naitional Pairty in the 2019 general election.