Sophie Linden (born 27 February 1970) is a British politician, and currently the

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in London. She is a member of the Labour Party.

Education

Linden was educated at

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from 1989 to 1992.

Political career

Linden's entire career has been spent in politics. From 1992 to 1997, she was a researcher for David Blunkett MP. Following the Labour victory at the 1997 general election, she became a Special Adviser to Blunkett when he was

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. She was in the role from 1997 to 2001, following Blunkett as Special Adviser when he was appointed

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. Linden moved to become a Labour

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within the

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, for the Dalston Ward, from 4 May 2006 to 10 June 2016. During this period, she worked for Bell Pottinger political communications, and unsuccessfully sought selection as Labour's Prospective parliamentary candidate for

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prior to the 2015 general election. In 2016, she was appointed by the new

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to be the

References

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