Ruth George

Ruth George
MP
Member of Parliament
for High Peak
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Preceded by Andrew Bingham
Majority 2,322 (4.3%)
Personal details
Born (1969-11-27) 27 November 1969
Political party Labour
Residence Whaley Bridge
Alma mater University of Manchester

Ruth Stephanie Nicole George MP (born 27 November 1969)[1] is a British Labour Party politician, who became the Member of Parliament (MP)[2] for High Peak[3] in Derbyshire at the 2017 United Kingdom general election.[4] She defeated the incumbent Conservative MP Andrew Bingham with a swing of 7%. In doing so, she became the constituency's first female MP.[5]

Career

George trained as a tax accountant and, while in her twenties, helped to found an accountancy business in Chapel-en-le-Frith. She has lived in the High Peak area for over 25 years, is married with four children and lives in Whaley Bridge near the centre of the constituency.[6][5]

She has been a school governor in Whaley Bridge, and is a committee member for the Whaley Bridge After School Club. She has been involved in local campaigns in the High Peak area; including setting up a pension scheme for the after-school club, and setting up a neighbourhood plan as Vice Chair of Chapel Vision.[7]

Before becoming an MP, George worked at the Central Office of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) in Manchester,[8] where she was the parliamentary officer for eighteen years,[9] campaigning on behalf of staff in retail, most notably campaigning on wages and maternity/paternity leave and setting up the ‘Freedom from Fear’ campaign which addresses violence and abuse of staff in shops. Her work as political/parliamentary officer for USDAW involved liaising with parliamentary MPs, and organising USDAW members to contact their MPs on relevant issues,[10] including the campaign for Sunday trading, which was defeated by a majority of 31 votes, including 27 Conservative MPs[11] and also campaigning against the Trade Union Act which was passed in 2016.[12]

Twitter

In 2017, it emerged that controversial tweets had been posted from a Twitter account associated with George before her election. George denied involvement in the account, a spokesman stating that it belonged to "a very passionate campaign volunteer".[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Ruth George MP". myparliament.info. MyParliament. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). United Kingdom: House of Commons. 15 June 2017. col. 26–27.
  3. ↑ "Ruth George MP". parliament.uk. Parliament UK.
  4. ↑ "High Peak Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 Higgins, Adam (9 June 2017). "High drama in High Peak as Labour take control". Glossop Chronicle. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ruth George our Parliamentary Candidate". Labour High Peak. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "About Ruth". RuthForHighPeak. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  8. ↑ George, Ruth Stephanie Nicole. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ruth George Linkedin". LinkedIn. 21 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ruth George – USDAW Political Officer @ USDAW Conference 2016, Blackpool". audioBoom. 25 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sunday trading defeat for government as MPs reject changes". BBC News. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Trade Union Act Becomes Law". Gov.uk. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "MP Ruth George 'shocked' by link to Hitler tweet". BBC News. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Andrew Bingham		 Member of Parliament for High Peak
2017–present		 Incumbent


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