Antonia Bance
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Antonia Bance | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Tipton and Wednesbury | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Shaun Bailey |
| Majority | 3,385 (10.6%) |
| Member of Oxford City Council for Rose Hill and Iffley | |
| In office 4 May 2006 – 12 March 2013[1] | |
| Preceded by | William Buckingham[2] |
| Succeeded by | Michele Paule[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) |
Antonia Kay Bance[3] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Tipton and Wednesbury since 2024.[4]
Bance grew up in South London.[5] She received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Oxford, where she served as a Vice President of the Student Union.[6]
Professional career
Bance has worked as the Trades Union Congress's head of campaigns and communications.[7]
From 2011–2014, she was head of campaigns for Shelter.[1] Antonia has also worked on campaigning and public policy for the Diana Memorial Fund,[citation needed] Oxfam and YWCA.[citation needed] Bance was domestic violence charity SafeLives' director of policy and communications in 2014-15.[7]
Political career
Bance was the Labour Party candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2005 general election.[5][8]
She was elected to Oxford City Council in 2006, representing Rose Hill and Iffley, and re-elected in 2010.[9] She resigned from the Council in 2013 to focus on her job at Shelter.[1]
Bance supported Jon Cruddas in Labour's 2007 deputy leadership election,[10] and Ed Balls in the 2010 leadership election.[11] She supported Bridget Phillipson in the 2025 deputy leadership election.[12]
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