(1962-02-17) 17 February 1962 (age 62) Woking, Surrey, England
Political party
Liberal Democrats (since 2019)
Other political affiliations
Change UK (2019) Conservative (until 2019)
Spouse
Adrian James
(m. 1988)
Children
3
Education
King's College London Guy's Hospital Medical School
Profession
General practitioner
Website
www.drsarah.org.uk
Sarah Wollaston (born 17 February 1962) is a British former Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes from 2010 to 2019. First elected for the Conservative Party, she later served as a Change UK and Liberal Democrat MP. She was chair of the Health Select Committee from 2014 to 2019 and chair of the Liaison Committee from 2017 to 2019.
Wollaston was born in Woking, Surrey, and studied medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School. She qualified in 1986 and worked as a junior hospital doctor and then as a general practitioner (GP). After more than 20 years in clinical practice, she ran for political office. She was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Totnes through an open primary; during the campaign, she emphasised that she was not a career politician and had a professional career. At the 2010 general election, she won the seat with an increased majority, increasing it further in 2015. She rebelled against the Cameron–Clegg government on several key votes – voting in favour of a referendum on British membership of the European Union in 2011, for a cut in the EU budget in 2011, and against military intervention in Syria in 2013. In Westminster, she was a vocal proponent of minimum unit pricing for alcohol and spoke out against political patronage.
Initially uncertain about which way to vote in the referendum, Wollaston announced in June 2016 that she was no longer supporting the Vote Leave campaign in the referendum on European Union membership and would vote to remain in the EU. In February 2019, she resigned from the Conservatives, along with two of her peers, and joined The Independent Group, later Change UK. Four months later, she quit the party to sit as an independent MP. In August 2019, she joined the Liberal Democrats but lost her seat in the 2019 general election standing as a Liberal Democrat.
SarahWollaston (born 17 February 1962) is a British former Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes from 2010 to...
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after that, three MPs left the governing Conservative Party to join. SarahWollaston, Heidi Allen and Anna Soubry cited the handling of Brexit by the Prime...
for Totnes with a majority of 12,724. He defeated the incumbent Dr SarahWollaston who had defected from the Conservatives in February crossing the floor...
Health and Social Care Select Committee in January 2020, succeeding SarahWollaston. In February 2020, Hunt called for an inquiry into the National Health...
constituency. In 2015, SarahWollaston retained the seat for the Conservative Party with a majority of 18,385, reduced to 13,477 in 2017. Wollaston resigned from...
Parliament put forward as a private member's bill by then Conservative MP SarahWollaston which creates a civil protection order to prevent stalking. In 2012...
William Hyde Wollaston FRS (/ˈwʊləstən/; 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical...
"The real reason SarahWollaston won the Conservatives' Totnes open primary". The Guardian. 6 August 2009. "Profile: DR SARAHWOLLASTON". This Is South...
1983 – 12 April 2010 Preceded by Constituency Created Succeeded by SarahWollaston Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree In office 28 February...
social media. On 20 February 2019, Allen, along with Anna Soubry and SarahWollaston, resigned from the Conservative Party to join The Independent Group...
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primary that was organised by the local Conservative Association. Dr SarahWollaston won the Totnes primary in August 2009, and went on to be elected to...
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first put to Parliament on 14 March 2019 in an amendment (tabled by SarahWollaston) to the motion to request the first extension to the Article 50 deadline...
sexual assault". 22 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019. "Ex-Tory MP SarahWollaston joins Lib Dems". 15 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019. "Boris Johnson...
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health Urgent and Emergency Care Work of NHS England Work of NICE SarahWollaston was re-elected as Chair on 12 July 2017, with other members elected...
2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016. Simons, Ned (8 June 2016). "Tory MP SarahWollaston Switches Sides in EU Referendum Campaign". The Huffington Post. Archived...
Health Select Committee, at that time chaired by then Conservative MP SarahWollaston, recommended that Harding resign as a Conservative peer and sit as...
£20bn, he added. Dorrell resigned in June 2014 and was succeeded by SarahWollaston. In November 2012 Dorrell was reported to the Independent Parliamentary...
9 18 June 2017 Philip Hammond, Jeremy Corbyn and Nisha Parti with SarahWollaston and David Lammy. 10 25 June 2017 Priti Patel, Chris Patten and Vince...
comments were widely criticised with fellow Conservative MPs including SarahWollaston and Anna Soubry suggesting the remarks showed she lacked the judgement...
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