Stephen Knight (politician)

Stephen Knight is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom who has previously been a member of the London Assembly for the Liberal Democrats.

Stephen Knight
Member of the London Assembly
as the 5th Additional Member
In office
1 May 2012 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byMike Tuffrey
Succeeded byPeter Whittle
Councillor for Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
In office
4 May 2006 – 3 May 2018
WardTeddington
Personal details
Political partyLiberal Democrats (2006–2018)
Labour (2018–present)
Occupationpolitician

Political career

Knight was a councillor in Richmond upon Thames and a past leader of the Liberal Democrat group there. From 2006 to 2010, he served as Deputy Leader with responsibility for finance. He was largely responsible for the rebuilding of Teddington School under the Building Schools for the Future programme.

He was elected as a London-wide member of the London Assembly in 2012, but did not stand in 2016 after being demoted by party members from second place to fifth place on the Liberal Democrat candidate list.[1]

He defected to the Labour Party in January 2018[2] and was not re-elected on 3 May 2018.

Personal life

His partner, Jennifer Churchill, was a Labour councillor in Richmond upon Thames after defecting from the Liberal Democrats in 2015.[3] She failed to be re-elected in May 2018 when she stood in West Twickenham, finishing behind Liberal Democrat and Conservative candidates.[4]

References
  1. Odling, George (19 March 2016). "Stephen Knight attends last Mayor's Question Time as he withdraws from London Assembly elections". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. Cuffe, Grainne. "Teddington Councillor Stephen Knight quits Lib Dems and joins the Labour Party". Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. Ambrose, Tom; Odling, George (22 September 2015). "Teddington councillor Jennifer Churchill defects from Lib Dems to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 10 July 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Election results for West Twickenham". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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