Antoinette Sandbach
| Antoinette Sandbach MP | |
|---|---|
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| Member of Parliament for Eddisbury | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen O'Brien |
| Majority | 12,974 (27.4%) |
| Member of the Welsh Assembly for North Wales | |
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In office 6 May 2011 – 8 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Brynle Williams |
| Succeeded by | Janet Haworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach 15 February 1969 Hafodunos, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Matt |
| Children |
Sacha Sam |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Website | Official website |
Antoinette Geraldine Sandbach (born 15 February 1969) is a Conservative Party politician who was elected as a North Wales regional Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales at the May 2011 election.[1] On 7 May 2015 she was elected the Member of Parliament for Eddisbury and the following day she resigned as the Assembly Member for the North Wales region.
Personal life
Her family has farmed the Hafodunos estate[2] in the Elwy valley of North Wales for six generations.[3] She was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and the University of Nottingham.[4] The eldest of four sisters,[2] she practised law under her birth name of Antoinette Mackeson-Sandbach, but dropped the Mackeson when she entered politics. She was a criminal barrister in London for 12 years. Her daughter Sacha was born in 2002 but she split from Sacha's father in 2003 and moved back to Hafodunos in 2005.[3] She lost a 5-day-old son, Sam, to SIDS in 2009[2] and is married to Matt, a sculptor.[3]
Political career
She made a speech at a Save the Rhino fundraiser in 2007 that led to suggestions that she should enter politics.[2] She rang the Tory office in Colwyn Bay and within three months was standing for the Welsh Assembly in Delyn (Flintshire).[2] She then used her legal experience in a part-time job with Clwyd West MP David Jones.[3]
In the 2010 general election Sandbach contested the Labour-held parliamentary constituency of Delyn. She lost, but achieved a swing of 6.7% from Labour to Conservative.[5] Following the death of Brynle Williams in 2011 she became a Conservative Regional Assembly Member for North Wales and Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in the Welsh Assembly.[3]
In March 2015, Sandbach was selected as the Conservative Party candidate for the Conservative-held seat of Eddisbury in Cheshire, England.[6] She held the safe Conservative seat with a majority of nearly 13,000,[7] and promptly resigned from the Welsh Assembly, to be replaced by Janet Haworth.[7]
References
- ↑ Welsh Assembly election 2011
- 1 2 3 4 5 Forgrave, Andrew (30 June 2011). "Art mirrors life for new North Wales Tory AM". Daily Post.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Batley, Sarah (19 July 2013). "At home with Antoinette Sandbach - Assembly Member for North Wales". Cheshire Life.
- ↑ ‘MACKESON-SANDBACH, Antoinette, (Mrs M. R. Sherratt)’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
- ↑ "Election 2010 – Delyn". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ Flint, Rachel (26 March 2015). "North Wales AM Antoinette Sandbach selected as Tory election candidate in safe Cheshire seat". Daily Post. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Election 2015: Antoinette Sandbach quits Welsh assembly". BBC News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
External links
- Official Website of Antoinette Sandbach AM
- Biography on the National Assembly for Wales website.
- Blog
| National Assembly for Wales | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Brynle Williams |
Assembly Member for North Wales 2011–2015 |
Succeeded by Janet Haworth |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Brynle Williams |
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs 2011–present |
Incumbent |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Stephen O'Brien |
Member of Parliament for Eddisbury 2015–present |
Incumbent |