Sarah Gibson (politician)
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Sarah Gibson | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Chippenham | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Michelle Donelan |
| Majority | 8,138 (11.2%) |
| Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Business | |
| In office 18 September 2024 – 1 October 2025 | |
| Leader | Ed Davey |
| Preceded by | Sarah Olney |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Olney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1966 (age 59–60)[1] |
| Party | Liberal Democrats |
| Education | |
| Website | chippenhamlibdems.org.uk/sarah-gibson |
Sarah Gibson (born April 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chippenham since the 2024 general election.[2] Before her election to parliament, Gibson was elected to Wiltshire Council in 2017 and 2021.
Gibson attended the comprehensive Ralph Allen School. She graduated with a BA in architecture from Kingston University in 1987 and gained a postgraduate diploma in architecture at University College London's Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning (now The Bartlett) in 1991.[3][4]
Gibson is a director and shareholder, since 2014 and 2016 respectively, of the Bradford-on-Avon architecture firm Labox[5][6] (stylised as LABOX[7]). In December 2022, she began working as a part-time tutor at the University of Bath's Engineering and Architecture department.[8]
According to the Wiltshire Times, "after qualifying as an architect, she set up a practice in Barcelona, before coming back to Wiltshire in 2013."[9]