Cat Smith
Cat Smith | |||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Procedure Committee | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 11 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dame Karen Bradley | ||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Petitions Committee | |||||||||||||||
| In office 18 October 2023 – 30 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Catherine McKinnell | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jamie Stone | ||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre Lancaster and Fleetwood (2015–2024) | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Eric Ollerenshaw | ||||||||||||||
| Majority | 9,253 (21.6%) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | Catherine Jane Smith 16 June 1985 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Campaign Group | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Ben Soffa
(m. 2016; sep. 2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic partner | David Linden (2021–) | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Lancaster University (BA) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | catsmith | ||||||||||||||
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Catherine Jane Smith (born 16 June 1985) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2015, representing Lancaster and Wyre since 2024 after her former constituency, Lancaster and Fleetwood, was abolished. She was a member of the shadow cabinets led by Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State, previously Shadow Minister, for Young People and Democracy.