Laura Kyrke-Smith
Laura Kyrke-Smith MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Aylesbury | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Rob Butler |
Majority | 630 (1.3%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Laura Elizabeth Kyrke-Smith (1983-09-01) 1 September 1983 (age 40) |
Political party | Labour |
Website | www |
Laura Elizabeth Kyrke-Smith (born 1 September 1983) is a British politician, academic and charity worker who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she is the first Labour MP for Aylesbury as well as the first female MP to represent Aylesbury in the House of Commons.[1]
Biography
Kyrke-Smith was born in September 1983 to Peter St. L Kyrke-Smith, son of BHS Kyrke-Smith of Penbedw estate near Nannerch in Wales, and to Lyndsay Madeleine Pelly, daughter of Peter Jeremy Pelly and his wife Dorothy Joan Hill.[2] On her maternal side, through her grandfather her four-times great grandfather was the Hudson's Bay Company governor Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet, and through her grandmother her three-times great-grandfather was Sir Robert Keith Alexander Dick-Cunyngham, 7/9th Baronet.[2]
Kyrke-Smith attended Robinson College, Cambridge, from 2002 to 2005, where she read history and volunteered with the charity Student Action for Refugees.[3] She then went on to study for an MSc in international relations at the London School of Economics (LSE), graduating in 2007.[4] She was chair of the socialist society Labour Campaign for International Development from 2013 to 2017, and also worked at Portland Communications and in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a policy analyst. In 2019 she became the UK Executive Director of the International Rescue Committee. From 2021-2024 she was on the Board of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). [5][6][7] She previously worked as an assistant to Professor Charlie Beckett[8] at the Polis media project at the LSE.[9]
She is credited as a reader-contributor to the 3rd edition of Lonely Planet's Tanzania[10] and 2nd edition of The Rough Guide to Tanzania[11] guidebooks.
In the 2021 Buckinghamshire Council elections Kyrke-Smith ran for Labour in the Little Chalfont & Amersham Common ward coming 8th out of the eleven candidates with 448 votes.[12][13]
Since 2013, Kyrke-Smith has served as UK Executive Director of the International Rescue Committee. In the 2024 general election, she gained the Aylesbury seat from Rob Butler, a member of the Conservative Party. Her victory ended a century streak of Conservative and Unionist MPs in Aylesbury, starting in the 1924 general election.[14]
Bibliography
Editor
- Beckett, Charlie; Kyrke-Smith, Laura, eds. (2007). Development, governance and the media: The role of the media in building African society (PDF) (1st ed.). London: London School of Economics and Political Science. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- Kyrke-Smith, Laura; Le Masson, Charlotte, eds. (June 2015). Communicating Global Giving: The Power of Communications in the Era of Philanthropy (PDF) (1st ed.). Strand, London: Portland Communications. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
Author
- Kyrke-Smith, Laura (October 2007). Berry, Craig (ed.). "Information Intervention and the case of Kosovo: Realising the Responsibility to Protect" (PDF). Knowledge Politics Quarterly. 1 (1). Knowledge Politics. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- Kyrke-Smith, Laura (11 December 2007). ""Information intervention": A Test of Democratic Intent". openDemocracy. London: openDemocracy. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- Kyrke-Smith, Laura (12 December 2007). "Kosovo: is the media wishing for war?" (PDF). Polis Blog (London School of Economics and Political Science). London: London School of Economics. p. 1. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- Beckett, Charlie; Kyrke-Smith, Laura (2007). "1 - 'On the eve of something big in media'". In Beckett, Charlie; Kyrke-Smith, Laura (eds.). Development, governance and the media: The role of the media in building African society (PDF) (1st ed.). London: POLIS – Journalism and Society (London School of Economics and Political Science). pp. 12–20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- Kyrke-Smith, Laura (2007). "7 - The view from the Nigerian newsroom". In Beckett, Charlie; Kyrke-Smith, Laura (eds.). Development, governance and the media: The role of the media in building African society (PDF) (1st ed.). London: POLIS – Journalism and Society (London School of Economics and Political Science). pp. 56–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- Beckett, Charlie; Kyrke-Smith, Laura (2007). "8 - The future of African journalism". In Beckett, Charlie; Kyrke-Smith, Laura (eds.). Development, governance and the media: The role of the media in building African society (PDF) (1st ed.). London: POLIS – Journalism and Society (London School of Economics and Political Science). pp. 58–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- Kyrke-Smith, Laura (June 2015). "Social Philanthropists". In Kyrke-Smith, Laura; Le Masson, Charlotte (eds.). Communicating Global Giving: The Power of Communications in the Era of Philanthropy (PDF) (1st ed.). Strand, London: Thinking Publications (Portland Communications). pp. 24–25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- Kyrke-Smith, Laura (2017). "7 - Making the Case for Aid: Trump and International Development". In Kearns, Ian [in German]; Murray, Kate (eds.). The Age of Trump: Foreign Policy Challenges for the left (1st ed.). London: Fabian Society. pp. 49–57. ISBN 9780716341291. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
References
- ^ Lowson, James (5 July 2024). "General Election 2024 results: Aylesbury has its first ever Labour MP". The Bucks Herald. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ a b Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David; Collins, Lydia; Bierbrier, Morris, eds. (2002). Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2003 (2003 ed.). London: Pan Macmillan. pp. 790–792. ISBN 978-0-333-66093-5. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Bin Brook", Easter 2023, p. 5. Robinson College, Cambridge. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Laura Kyrke-Smith". LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Legraien, Léa (11 March 2024). "Charity leader selected as Labour Party candidate". Civil Society. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Preston, Rob (24 May 2024). "Charity leaders take leave to campaign as parliamentary candidates". Civil Society.
- ^ "IRC announces Laura Kyrke-Smith as new UK Executive Director", International Rescue Committee, 22 January 2020. Retrieved on 5 July 2024.
- ^ Beckett, Charlie (2008). "Acknowledgments". SuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save the World (1st ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. pp. x. ISBN 9781405179232. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Kyrke-Smith, Laura (11 December 2007). "Laura Kyrke-Smith profile". openDemocracy. London: openDemocracy. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Mary (2005). "Behind the Scenes". Tanzania (3rd ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-74059-518-6. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Finke, Jens (April 2006). "Small Print - Readers Letters". The Rough Guide to Tanzania (2nd ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 802. ISBN 978-1-84353-531-7. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Election results for Little Chalfont & Amersham Common, 6 May 2021". Buckinghamshire.ModernGov.co.uk. Buckinghamshire. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Wareham, Stephanie (5 May 2021). "Everyone you can vote for in the Buckinghamshire Council elections on May 6". Bucks Free Press. Loudwater, Buckinghamshire: Newsquest. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Aylesbury | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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