Sally Gimson

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Sally Gimson (née Malcolm-Smith)Boris: The Adventures of Boris Johnson, Andrew Gimson, Simon & Schuster, 2006 is a British Labour Party politician, ex-councillor in the Highgate ward of Camden Council.http://democracy.camden.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1124/ {{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://camdenlabour.org.uk/your-representatives/highgate/ |title=Camden Labour » Highgate |website=camdenlabour.org.uk |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206084152/http://camdenlabour.org.uk/your-representatives/highgate/ |archive-date=6 December 2012 |url-status=dead}}

Career

Gimson attended Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating from the University of Cambridge in 1987 with a degree in Modern Languages."Cambridge Tripos: economics, English, mathematics, natural sciences", The Times, 26 June 1987, p. 36. She then trained as a journalist.

Until her election to Camden Council she was Head of Public Policy at Victim Support, and she was previously Director of Communications at the Family and Parenting Institute.{{Cite web|title=Battle of Ideas 2012 {{!}} speaker {{!}} Sally Gimson|url=http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2012/speaker_detail/6182/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Archive.battleofideas.org.uk}}

Sally Gimson was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate 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.{{cite news|author=Rachel Roberts |url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/politics/camden-council-leader-sarah-hayward-sees-off-challenge-from-within-1-4520817 |title=Camden Council leader Sarah Hayward sees off challenge from within - Politics - Hampstead Highgate Express |website=Hamhigh.co.uk |date= |access-date=23 June 2017}} On 27 October 2019 Gimson was selected by Bassetlaw Constituency Labour Party to be their prospective parliamentary candidate for the next general election,{{cite web|author=Sienna Rodgers |url=https://labourlist.org/2019/10/super-sunday-labour-candidate-selection-results/ |title=Super Sunday: Labour candidate selection results|website=Labourlist.org |date=27 October 2019 |access-date=28 October 2019}} although she did not end up contesting that position in December 2019 due to a veto by the Labour NEC.

Personal life

She is married to political journalist Andrew Gimson, with whom she has three children. She has previously written about hers and her husband's opposing political positions.{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/17/tory-labour-married-couples|title=He's a Tory, I'm a leftie and we're still happily married|first=Sally|last=Gimson|date=17 December 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=1 November 2021}}

References

External links

[http://labourlist.org/author/sally-gimson/ Articles by Sally Gimson on Labour List]
[http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/sally__gimson Articles by Sally Gimson on the New Statesman]
[http://democracy.camden.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1124 democracy.camden.gov.uk]

Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Camden

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Living people

Category:Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates

Category:Labour Party (UK) councillors

Category:Women councillors in England

Category:Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge