Vikki Slade

Councillor
Vikki Slade
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Mid Dorset and North Poole
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byMichael Tomlinson
Majority1,352 (2.7%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2024–presentHousing, Communities and Local Government
Leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
In office
23 May 2023 – 14 July 2024
Preceded byPhilip Broadhead
Succeeded byMillie Earl
In office
21 May 2019 – 15 September 2020
Preceded bynew council
Succeeded byDrew Mellor
Personal details
Born (1972-12-17) 17 December 1972 (age 52)
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Websitewww.middorsetlibdems.org.uk/vikki-slade

Vikki Slade (born 17 December 1972) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole since 2024.[1] She unsuccessfully contested the same seat in 2015, 2017 and 2019.[2]

Political career

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 general election, her campaign to succeed Annette Brooke was supported by Lord Oakeshott.[9]

In the 2024 general election, she unseated Conservative Michael Tomlinson, who had been the Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration.[10] After being elected she said she wouldn't have stood for a fifth time had she lost.[11]

In Parliament, Slade is a member of the frontbench Team of Ed Davey as the party's local government spokeswoman shadowing Angela Rayner.[12] Slade opposed the government's cut to the Winter Fuel Payment.[13]

Personal life

Slade is married to Paul Slade, who is a councillor for Creekmoor ward.[14] They have four children.[15]

She was educated at Tonbridge Grammar School.[16]

Electoral history

Date of election Seat Party Votes % Result
2011 Poole Borough Council election Broadstone Liberal Democrat 2,016 N/A Elected (3rd)
2015 United Kingdom general election Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 13,109 28.2 Not elected (2nd)
2016 Broadstone By-election (Poole Borough Council) Broadstone Liberal Democrat 2,184 69.56 Elected
2017 United Kingdom general election Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 13,246 27.5 Not elected (2nd)
2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election Broadstone Liberal Democrat 2,899 67.2 Elected (1st)
2019 United Kingdom general election Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 14,650 29.9 Not elected (2nd)
2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election Broadstone Liberal Democrat 2,564 69.2 Elected (1st)
2024 United Kingdom general election Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrat 21,442 43.3 Elected

References

  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. ^ "Vikki Slade takes up new role at the top of Lib Dem's team". Bournemouth Echo. 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  13. ^ "MP Vikki Slade calls cuts to winter fuel payments 'completely wrong'". Bournemouth Echo. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  14. ^ "'Blown away': Liberal Democrats storm into largest BCP Council party after election". Bournemouth Echo. 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  15. ^ "Poole Team 2024". Poole Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  16. ^ LinkedIn