Mandu Reid

Mandu Reid is the leader of the British Women's Equality Party (WEP).

Mandu Reid
Leader of the Women's Equality Party
Assumed office
April 2019
Preceded bySophie Walker
Personal details
Born1981 (age 38–39)
Malawi[1]
NationalityBritish
Political partyWomen's Equality Party
ResidenceLondon[1]
Alma materLondon School of Economics[2]
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteWomen's Equality Party

Background

Reid's mother is from Malawi and her father is British. Her parents met while her father was teaching English in Malawi, where Reid was born. The family moved to the United Kingdom in 1982, but subsequently lived in Somalia and Swaziland before returning to the UK.[3] Reid is a graduate of the London School of Economics.[2]

Career

Reid took over the interim leadership of the WEP in April 2019,[4][5] and was confirmed as party leader in January 2020.[6] She has been described as "the first black, bisexual leader of a political party in the UK".[4] Reid is the party's candidate for the 2021 London mayoral election, having replaced Sue Black, who had to withdraw for health reasons.[7]

References
  1. Ferber, Alona (26 February 2020). "Mandu Reid of the Women's Equality Party: "Misogyny permeates every facet of our lives"". New Statesman. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. Batha, Emma (27 April 2019). "Making history, UK's new feminist party leader aims to popularise 'f-word' politics". Thomson Reuters Foundation. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. Steele-Perkins, Chris. "Malawi". The New Londoners. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. Lyell, Carrie (29 August 2019). "Mandu Reid: The personal is political". Diva. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. Iqbal, Nosheen (27 April 2019). "'We're not just for middle class white women': new head of Women's Equality party". The Observer. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. "The Story so Far..." Women's Equality Party. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. Proctor, Kate (16 February 2020). "Women's Equality party candidate pulls out of London mayoral race". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Sophie Walker		 Leader of the Women's Equality Party
2019–		 Incumbent
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