Anna Gelderd
{{Short description|British politician}}
{{One source|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Anna Gelderd
|honorific-suffix = MP
|office = Member of Parliament
for South East Cornwall
|term_start = 4 July 2024
|term_end =
|predecessor = Sheryll Murray
|successor =
|majority = 1,911 (3.9%)
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|birth_date =
|birth_place =
|party = Labour Party
|image = Official portrait of Anna Gelderd MP crop 2.jpg
|caption = Official portrait, 2024
}}
Anna Preston Gelderd is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall since 2024.{{Cite web |title=Cornwall South East (UK Parliament constituency) {{!}} General Election 2024 |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/cornwall-south-east-162|access-date=5 July 2024 |publisher=Sky News}}
Early life and career
Gelderd was educated at the University of Bristol{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} and a masters degree from Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.{{cite web |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2010-11/weekly/6234/6234.pdf |title=Cambridge University Reporter |issue=6234 |date=27 July 2011 |publisher=University of Cambridge |page=1125}} Following graduation she worked as a parliamentary assistant to the Labour MP Tony Cunningham, and then as an advisor and advocacy professional for Oxfam, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and the Marine Conservation Society.[https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-gelderd-141ab110/ "Anna Gelderd"]. LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 July 2024. Prior to being elected to Parliament, she was employed as a senior advisor to the non-profit ocean conservation group Oceana.{{Cite web |title=Anna Gelderd|url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/116437/anna-gelderd|access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=Who Can I Vote For}}
Political career
Gelderd was elected as the Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall in July 2024, being the first Labour MP for this constituency.
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External links
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Category:Alumni of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall