Jessica Jade Toale is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West since 2024.[1]
Toale attended the University of York, graduating with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She went on to do a master's degree in Urbanisation and Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Toale has worked as a foreign affairs and international development adviser to numerous organisations. She was a political adviser to Labour MP Ivan Lewis from 2011 to 2013, in his role as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and later Northern Ireland.[2] Toale co-founded the Labour Foreign Policy Group in 2020.[3] In 2016, she was on the Labour shortlist for candidates in the 2016 Richmond Park by-election.[4] She was previously a member of the Young Fabians executive committee.[5]
She was elected as a Member of Westminster City Council for West End in 2022,[6] and subsequently appointed Deputy Cabinet Member for Culture, Heritage and the Arts.[7]
Toale was elected as MP for Bournemouth West at the 2024 general election, defeating incumbent Conor Burns to become its first non-Conservative representative. She had previously contested the Labour candidacy for the 2016 Richmond Park by-election without success.[8] On 20 August 2024, she resigned her seat on Westminster City Council.[9]
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