Joanne Kate Swinson CBE (born 5 February 1980) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 22 July to 13 December 2019. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper,order back issues and use the historic Daily Expressnewspaper archive.The SNP’s Amy Callaghan won the seat instead.It was passed by 358 votes to 234 - sealing a huge 124-vote majority.But the Lib Dems were among those not to back it, with their 11 MPs voting against the Government.The bill was overwhelmingly supported and will see the UK ditch the EU on January 31.On Twitter, the party wrote: “Liberal Democrats will continue to oppose Brexit and fight for the closest possible relationship with Europe, preventing tariffs and other trade barriers, protecting rights and security co-operation.”It comes as the Lib Dems still vowed to stop Brexit despite flopping in the general election.The party’s Twitter account received dozens of responses after making the post online.“That was the message that went out through the bowling fraternity – and I certainly didn’t vote for the Lib Dems“She did communicate with us and did not turn her back on us in that respect.”Club secretary Sandy Torrie said members worked together to vote tactically to get Ms Swinson out in a move that also saw them spread the word to other voters.“My wife went to the meeting when it was voted on and it was a 13-7 vote for every issue raised. A key party figure who masterminded much of the 2019 manifesto, Davey may be seen as a potential interim leader to stabilise the party.The home affairs spokeswoman under Swinson, Jardine is another relative newcomer to the Commons, representing Edinburgh West since 2017. She failed to hold on to the Dunbartonshire East constituency, suffering a humiliating defeat just five … However, it is believed that Carmichael, who represents Orkney and Shetland, is unlikely to want the role.In her speech at the count after losing, Swinson highlighted a “wave of nationalism” sweeping “both sides of the border”.Swinson called the election result “hugely disappointing”, but said she was proud her party had “stood up for openness, generosity and hope”.Similarly, in the Cities of London and Westminster seat, Umunna’s losing margin to the Conservatives, just under 4,000, was significantly less than the 11,000-plus won by Labour.With nearly all the 650 results in, the Lib Dems were on 11 seats, one down from the 12 secured in the 2017, despite a significant gain in vote share, up to 11.5% from the 7.4% seen in the last election.The Lib Dems won in St Albans, the Hertfordshire constituency that voted heavily in favour of remain in 2016, beating the Tories.Overall, it appeared set to be the party’s second-worst performance in its 31-year modern history – better only than the slump from 57 to eight seats in 2015 – and will prompt a postmortem into a campaign based heavily around courting remain-voting areas.Swinson pushed through a largely symbolic policy promising to revoke Brexit without a second referendum in the unlikely event the Lib Dems won a majority, intended to distance their policy from Labour, but the source of some later disquiet.“But let me say now, for millions of people in our country these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope,” she said. Image: Nicola Sturgeon celebrates Jo Swinson …
As a liberal, a humanist, a feminist.