20 Facts About Luisa Porritt

Luisa Manon Porritt was born on 23 May 1987 and is a British Liberal Democrat politician.

Luisa Porritt was elected as a Councillor for Belsize ward in Camden in 2018 and served as the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council from 2020 to 2022.

Luisa Porritt served as a Member of the European Parliament for London from 2019 to 2020.

Luisa Manon Porritt was born at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead on 23 May 1987.

Luisa Porritt grew up in Camden and was educated at a local private school.

Luisa Porritt earned a degree in history from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2008 and went on to complete a Master's degree at Sciences Po Paris.

In 2021, Luisa Porritt became Head of Investment Content at PR firm Edelman Smithfield.

Luisa Porritt joined the Liberal Democrats a few days after the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016.

Luisa Porritt became a Liberal Democrat councillor for the London Borough of Camden in 2018.

Luisa Porritt gained a seat for the marginal council ward of Belsize from the Conservative incumbent by nine votes, following a recount.

Luisa Porritt became leader the Liberal Democrat group on Camden Council on 7 September 2020.

Luisa Porritt stood down as a Camden councillor at the 2022 Camden London Borough Council election.

Luisa Porritt later explained as part of a speech to her party's annual conference that one of the reasons she had been forced to leave Camden was due to the area's high house prices.

Luisa Porritt was appointed deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat group in the European Parliament.

Luisa Porritt was reported to be "seriously considering" putting her name forward to be the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2021 London mayoral election after Siobhan Benita withdrew from the race following its postponement from the original May 2020 date.

Luisa Porritt won the selection against the option to reopen nominations on 13 October 2020 after the only other shortlisted candidate, Geeta Sidhu-Robb, was suspended from the Liberal Democrats following antisemitism.

Luisa Porritt called for empty offices to be turned into affordable housing, and reform of stop and search.

Luisa Porritt has been critical of the government's handling of coronavirus, calling for a circuit breaker lockdown when London was put into Tier 2 restrictions in October 2020, and Sadiq Khan's negotiations on the future of Transport For London.

Luisa Porritt ran to become the Liberal Democrat candidate for the parliamentary constituency of Sutton and Cheam for the 2024 general election.

Luisa Porritt did not seek selection for the seat of Hampstead and Highgate in the wake of an arrest warrant being issued for sitting MP Tulip Siddiq.