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Vikki Slade
MP
Member of Parliament
for Mid Dorset and North Poole
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byMichael Tomlinson
Majority1,352 (2.7%)
Personal details
Born (1972-12-17) 17 December 1972 (age 51)
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Websitewww.middorsetlibdems.org.uk/vikki-slade

Vikki Slade (born 17 December 1972) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was elected MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[1] She unsuccessfully contested the same seat in 2015, 2017 and 2019.[2]

Slade was the leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council from 2023 until her resignation in July 2024.[3][4] She previously served as leader from the 2019 election to September 2020.[5] She was head of the "Three Towns Alliance" coalition.[6]

She has represented Broadstone ward as a local councillor since 2011,[7] including when the ward was part of Poole Borough Council prior to 2019.[8]

In the 2015 United Kingdom general election, her campaign to succeed Annette Brooke was supported by Lord Oakeshott.[9]

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, she unseated Conservative minister Michael Tomlinson.[10] After being elected she said she wouldn't have stood for a fifth time had she lost.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Slade is married to Paul Slade, who is councillor for Creekmoor ward.[12] They have four children.[13]

Electoral history[edit]

Date of election Constituency Party Votes % Result
2015 Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 13,109 28.2 Not elected (2nd)
2017 Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 13,246 27.5 Not elected (2nd)
2019 Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 14,650 29.9 Not elected (2nd)
2024 Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 21,442 43.3 Elected

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Council leader Vikki Slade wins seat in parliament". Bournemouth Echo. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. ^ "Poll predicts BCP Council leader to win more than half the vote in MDNP". Bournemouth Echo. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  3. ^ "BCP Council leader Vikki Slade survives confidence vote". BBC News. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  4. ^ "BCP Council leader announces resignation". Bournemouth Echo. 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  5. ^ "BCP Council leader Vikki Slade ousted in second confidence vote loss". BBC News. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  6. ^ "New alliance to be formed at BCP Council as new leader takes over". Bournemouth Echo. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  7. ^ "BCP council to be run by coalition led by Lib Dem Vikki Slade". BBC News. 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  8. ^ "Broadstone councillor Vikki Slade chosen in fight to be next Mid Dorset and Poole MP". Bournemouth Echo. 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  9. ^ Wintour, Patrick; Mason, Rowena (2015-01-22). "Nick Clegg to allow Lib Dem MPs to accept Oakeshott donations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  10. ^ "Tories lose record number of Cabinet ministers in punishing election". www.expressandstar.com. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  11. ^ "'If I didn't win this year's election, I wouldn't have stood again'". Bournemouth Echo. 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  12. ^ "'Blown away': Liberal Democrats storm into largest BCP Council party after election". Bournemouth Echo. 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  13. ^ "Poole Team 2024". Poole Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
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