Angela Smith returns to Parliament after the Supreme Court annulled the prorogation of Parliament. 25th September 2019. Angela Smith (born 1961), British Liberal Democrat politician, who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010. Initially elected as a Labour MP, Smith was controversial among left-wing members of the Labour Party for her opposition to leader Jeremy Corbyn and the party's policy of water renationalisation, as well as her support for fracking; in 2018 Smith lost a motion of no confidence by her constituency party. Smith resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 al
Angela Smith returns to Parliament after the Supreme Court annulled the prorogation of Parliament. 25th September 2019. Angela Smith (born 1961), British Liberal Democrat politician, who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010. Initially elected as a Labour MP, Smith was controversial among left-wing members of the Labour Party for her opposition to leader Jeremy Corbyn and the party's policy of water renationalisation, as well as her support for fracking; in 2018 Smith lost a motion of no confidence by her constituency party. Smith resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 alongside six other MPs in protest at Corbyn's leadership, and they formed The Independent Group (later renamed Change UK). In June 2019, she left Change UK to sit as an independent MP. In September she joined the Liberal Democrats
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