Rebecca Jane Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for South West Devon since

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Political career

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, she stood as the Conservative Party candidate in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, finishing second to

Luke Pollard Luke Pollard (born 10 April 1980) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport since 2017. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has served as Parliamentary Under-Secreta ...

. She is a member of

Plymouth City Council Plymouth City Council is the local authority for the city of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Plymouth has had a council since 1439, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary aut ...

, first elected in

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

to the Plymstock Radford ward. In the opposition frontbench of Kemi Badenoch, she serves as a junior

whip A whip is a blunt weapon or implement used in a striking motion to create sound or pain. Whips can be used for flagellation against humans or animals to exert control through pain compliance or fear of pain, or be used as an audible cue thro ...

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* * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Plymouth, Devon Place of birth missing (living people) Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Conservative Party (UK) councillors Councillors in Devon Women councillors in England {{UK-MP-stub