Julia Anne Goldsworthy was born on 10 September 1978 and is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005 until 2010.
19 Facts About Julia Goldsworthy
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Julia Goldsworthy was educated locally at the St Meriadoc Primary School in Camborne before winning a scholarship to the independent Truro School.
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Julia Goldsworthy took a gap year between school and beginning university in 1997, and in 2000 she graduated from Cambridge, with a BA degree in History, having read for her degree at Fitzwilliam College.
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Julia Goldsworthy then spent a year at Daiichi University of Economics in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the following year completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Economics at Birkbeck College, London, in 2002.
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Between 2002 and 2004, Julia Goldsworthy worked in Westminster as an economics researcher for Matthew Taylor, the Liberal Democrat MP for Truro and St Austell, the seat adjacent to the one she would later represent.
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At the 2002 Lambeth Council Elections, Julia Goldsworthy contested the Herne Hill ward.
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Julia Goldsworthy polled 486 votes, finishing behind the Labour Party and Green Party.
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Julia Goldsworthy was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 General Election for Falmouth and Camborne when she defeated the sitting Labour MP Candy Atherton.
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Julia Goldsworthy gained the seat with a majority of 1,886 and made her maiden speech on 19 May 2005.
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Julia Goldsworthy was member of the Public Administration Select Committee from 2005 until mid-2006.
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Julia Goldsworthy was promoted again in December 2007 to become the Liberal Democrat shadow secretary on Communities and Local Government.
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Julia Goldsworthy is a supporter of the Facebook Cornish Tickbox for the 2011 Census campaign.
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Julia Goldsworthy co-sponsored the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 Act 2010.
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Julia Goldsworthy has responded with a full account of her transactions and a statement that she opposed steps to block the publication of MPs' expenses claims.
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At the 2010 general election, Julia Goldsworthy stood at the new seat of Camborne and Redruth which she narrowly lost by just 66 votes to the Conservative candidate George Eustice.
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However, on this occasion, Julia Goldsworthy finished in fourth place with 5,687 votes.
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In 2006, Julia Goldsworthy competed on the Channel 4 show The Games where she was runner-up.
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Julia Goldsworthy competed in swimming, hurdles, hammer, curling, track cycling, sprint, and kayak slalom.
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Julia Goldsworthy married Christopher Church on 19 May 2012 in Camborne Parish Church.