Emily Benn
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Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn (born 4 October 1989) is an English Local government politician, who has represented the Ward of Bread Street on the Court of Common Council of the City of London since 2022.[1]
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Common Councillor for City of London Common Council | |
Assumed office 24 March 2022 | |
Councillor for Croydon Borough Council | |
In office 23 May 2014 – 10 March 2016 | |
Ward | West Thornton |
Majority | 1,777 |
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Born | Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn (1989-10-04) 4 October 1989 (age 34) Croydon, London, England |
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Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Occupation | Investment banking |
Website | democracy |
Benn unsuccessfully contested both the 2010 and 2015 UK general elections as a Labour Party parliamentary candidate. At the 2014 local elections, Benn was elected to the West Thornton Ward of Croydon Borough Council, serving until 2016.[2] At the 2022 local elections, she was elected to represent Bread Street Ward on the City Common Council.[3]
The granddaughter of the late Labour MP Tony Benn, she is the eldest child and only daughter of the 3rd Viscount Stansgate[4] by his wife Nita Clarke (née Bowes).[5]