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Olivia Bailey
MP
Official portrait of Olivia Bailey, she has short dark hair and is smiling at the camera.
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byAlok Sharma
(Reading West[a])
Majority1,361 (3.0%)
Personal details
Born
Olivia Joanna Bailey

1986 (age 37–38)
Reading, England
Political partyLabour
EducationBA in Modern History and Politics
Alma materSt Hilda's College, Oxford

Olivia Joanna Bailey (born 17 September 1986)[3][self-published source] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Reading West and Mid Berkshire since 2024.[4][5]

Bailey had been Chair of the Labour Women's Network, deputy General Secretary of the Fabian Society, and a senior aide to Keir Starmer, before standing as a parliamentary candidate.[5]

Early life

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Bailey was born in Reading, Berkshire to a policeman father and teacher mother. She attended Ranelagh School in Bracknell.

Bailey graduated from St Hilda's College, Oxford in 2008, with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History and Politics.[6] She has served as National Chair of Labour Students and Women's Officer of the National Union of Students (NUS).[7] As a member of the NUS, Bailey created the Vote for Students pledge and published the first national study into harassment and abuse suffered by women students.[7]

Political career

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Bailey previously contested the Reading West constituency in 2017 but was unsuccessful.[8][9][10]

Bailey was elected as Member of Parliament for Reading West and Mid Berkshire at the 2024 general election with 35% of the vote.[11]

Personal life

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Bailey is lesbian, and has a wife and children.[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Reading West constituency was renamed "Reading West and Mid Berkshire" at the 2024 general election, with major boundary changes[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ "South East: New Constituency Boundaries 2023". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Liv's Story". Olivia Bailey personal website (self-published). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Meet Olivia Bailey, Labour candidate for Reading West and Mid Berkshire". The Reading Chronicle. 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Olivia Bailey standing as Labour candidate for new MP seat". The Reading Chronicle. 7 Jan 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Olivia Bailey MP". Policy Mogul. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "The former student leaders entering Parliament". Wonkhe. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  8. ^ "Reading-born Olivia aims for Reading West seat". RDG.Today. 23 Mar 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Olivia Bailey – Labour Party". Reading West. 13 Jun 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Labour candidate hoping to be MP for West Reading". The Reading Chronicle. 14 Dec 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Reading West & Mid Berkshire | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  12. ^ Bailey, Olivia (21 March 2019). "Don't worry about "exposing" children to families like mine. Worry about hate". LabourList. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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