Cllr
Sally Gimson
Camden Borough Councillor
for Highgate ward
In office
15 September 2011 – 2018
Preceded byMichael Nicolaides
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
SpouseAndrew Gimson
Children3

Sally Gimson (née Malcolm-Smith)[1] is a British Labour Party politician, ex-councillor in the Highgate ward of Camden Council.[2][3]

Career

Gimson graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1987 with a degree in Modern Languages, before training as a journalist.

Until her election to Camden Council she was Head of Public Policy at Victim Support, and she was previously Director of Communications at the Family and Parenting Institute.[4]

Sally Gimson was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in the South Leicestershire constituency in the 2010 General Election. She served in the council cabinet as the chief of adult health and social care until she challenged Council leader Sarah Hayward losing by 24 votes to 15, subsequently returning to the backbenches.[5] On 27 October 2019 Gimson was selected by Bassetlaw Constituency Labour Party to be their prospective parliamentary candidate for the next general election,[6] although she did not end up contesting that position in December 2019 due to a veto by the Labour NEC.

Personal life

She is married to political journalist Andrew Gimson, with whom she has three children. She has previously written about hers and her husband's opposing political positions.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Boris: The Adventures of Boris Johnson, Andrew Gimson, Simon & Schuster, 2006
  2. ↑ http://democracy.camden.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1124/
  3. ↑ "Camden Labour » Highgate". camdenlabour.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Battle of Ideas 2012 | speaker | Sally Gimson". Archive.battleofideas.org.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Rachel Roberts. "Camden Council leader Sarah Hayward sees off challenge from within - Politics - Hampstead Highgate Express". Hamhigh.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Sienna Rodgers (27 October 2019). "Super Sunday: Labour candidate selection results". Labourlist.org. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Gimson, Sally (17 December 2011). "He's a Tory, I'm a leftie and we're still happily married". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2021.


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