Tania Mathias
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21 June 1964
Tania Mathias | |
|---|---|
 Mathias in 2013 | |
| Member of Parliament for Twickenham | |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Vince Cable |
| Succeeded by | Vince Cable |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tania Wyn Mathias 21 June 1964 Kensington, London, England |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford Christ Church, Oxford |
Tania Wyn Mathias (born 21 June 1964) is a British politician and ophthalmologist. She served as the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from May 2015 to June 2017.[1][2]
In May 2024, Mathias was selected as the Conservative candidate for Maidenhead for the 2024 general election, following the retirement of the incumbent MP and former Prime Minister Theresa May.[3][4] She was defeated by Josh Reynolds of the Liberal Democrats.
Mathias was born in Kensington, London on 21 June 1964 and raised in Barnes.[5] She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, an all-girls private school in Hammersmith, London.[6] She studied at St Catherine's College, Oxford and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BCh) degrees in 1988.[7] Her grandfather, Fred Mathias, played rugby and cricket for Glamorgan and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 for his exploits flying over enemy lines in Belgium and France.[6]
Soon after graduating in medicine, Mathias was a refugee worker for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip and treated HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis patients in Africa. She has also treated leprosy patients in North Bihar, India and South China. She was employed by the NHS as an eye doctor.[8]
