Sally Gimson (née Malcolm-Smith) is a British Labour Party

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, ex-councillor in the Highgate ward of Camden Council.

Career

Gimson attended

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, graduating from the

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in 1987 with a degree in Modern Languages. She then trained as a journalist. Until her election to Camden Council she was Head of Public Policy at

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, and she was previously Director of Communications at the

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. Sally Gimson was an unsuccessful

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in the South Leicestershire constituency in the 2010 General Election. She served in the council cabinet as the chief of adult health and social care until she challenged Council leader Sarah Hayward losing by 24 votes to 15, subsequently returning to the backbenches. On 27 October 2019 Gimson was selected by Bassetlaw Constituency Labour Party to be their prospective parliamentary candidate for the next general election, although she did not end up contesting that position in December 2019 due to a veto by the Labour

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Personal life

She is married to political

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Andrew Gimson Andrew Gimson (born 1958) is a British political journalist. Gimson formerly wrote the parliamentary sketch for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and has written a novel entitled ''The Desired Effect'', as well as books about Boris Johnson, British monar ...

, with whom she has three children. She has previously written about hers and her husband's opposing political positions.

References

External links

Articles by Sally Gimson on Labour ListArticles by Sally Gimson on the New Statesmandemocracy.camden.gov.uk
Councillors in the London Borough of Camden Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Labour Party (UK) councillors Women councillors in England Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge {{UK-politician-stub