Sarah Bool
{{Short description|British politician}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sarah Bool
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
| image = Sarah_Bool_MP_portrait_cropped.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| office = Member of Parliament
for South Northamptonshire
| predecessor = Andrea Leadsom
| term_start = 4 July 2024
| term_end =
| majority = 3,687 (6.8%)
| birth_name = Sarah Anne-marie Bool
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|31|2019|12|6}}
| birth_place =
| party = Conservative Party
| alma_mater = Oriel College, Oxford
| website = {{URL|https://www.sarahbool.uk}}
}}
Sarah Anne-marie Bool{{cite web |title=Sarah Anne-marie Bool |url=https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/register/person/?sraNumber=529219 |website=Solicitors Regulation Authority |access-date=19 May 2025}} (born {{birth based on age as of date|31|2019|12|6|noage=y}}) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South Northamptonshire since 2024.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001490 |title=South Northamptonshire results |work=BBC News}}
Background
Bool grew up in Rutland and attended English Martyrs Primary School in Oakham and Stamford High School. Her father, Ken Bool, was a member of Rutland County Council.{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Darren |title=Former Oakham and Stamford pupil bids to be a London Conservative MP |url=https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/stamford/news/sarah-campaigns-to-be-a-london-conservative-mp-9092539/ |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Stamford Mercury |date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420233029/https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/stamford/news/sarah-campaigns-to-be-a-london-conservative-mp-9092539/ |archive-date=20 April 2025 |quote=Sarah, 31, moved to the capital seven years ago, having read modern history at Oriel College, Oxford, and obtaining a law degree from the College of Law.}} She read Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford and completed a law conversion course in London before working as a solicitor. She has Type 1 diabetes.{{cite web |title=About Sarah Bool |website=Sarah Bool |url=https://www.sarahbool.uk/about-sarah-bool |access-date=9 July 2024}}
Political career
In the 2019 general election she stood as the Conservative candidate for Vauxhall, coming third behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001008 |title=Vauxhall Parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=14 July 2024}}
In 2024 general election she succeeded Andrea Leadsom as MP for South Northamptonshire.
Electoral history
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: South Northamptonshire}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Sarah Bool|votes=19,191|percentage=35.7|change=−27.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Rufia Ashraf |votes=15,504|percentage=28.9|change=+8.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Paul Hogan |votes=8,962|percentage=16.7|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Stewart Tolley|votes=4,989|percentage=9.3|change=−1.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Emmie Williamson|votes=3,040|percentage=5.7|change=+1.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ian McCord|votes=1,556|percentage=2.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Mick Stott|votes=246|percentage=0.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Stuart Robert|votes=209|percentage=0.4|change=New}}
{{Election box majority|votes=3,687|percentage=6.8|change=−35.6}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=53,697|percentage=68.6|change=−4.3}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=78,233}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=−17.8}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{UK MP links
| parliament = 5355
| publicwhip = Sarah_Bool
| theywork = 26635
}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-par|uk}}
{{s-bef|before=Andrea Leadsom}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament
for South Northamptonshire|years=2024–present}}
{{s-inc}}
{{s-end}}
{{Conservative Party UK MPs}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bool, Sarah}}
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Category:People educated at Stamford High School, Lincolnshire
Category:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
Category:People with type 1 diabetes
{{England-Conservative-UK-MP-stub}}