Imogen Walker

British politician

Imogen Walker
MP
Member of Parliament
for Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConstituency established
Member of Lambeth London Borough Council for Stockwell
In office
4 May 2006 – 3 May 2018
Personal details
Political partyLabour
SpouseMorgan McSweeney

Imogen Walker is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton and Clyde Valley since the 2024 UK general election.[1][2] She is currently a parliamentary private secretary for Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves.[3]

Background

Prior to her election to parliament, Walker worked as an actor, a political consultant, and a trustee to the RSPCA, the animal welfare charity. She also served as a ward councillor and deputy finance leader for the London Borough of Lambeth.[4] She graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a masters in mental philosophy.

Parliamentary career

In her first major vote in the House of Commons on July 23rd, 2024, Walker cast her ballot along party lines to avoid language regarding the two-child benefit cap in the King's Speech, opposing an amendment tabled by the Scottish National Party (SNP).[5] The vote came amid protest from the left of the Labour Party to scrap the restriction on child benefit eligibility, introduced by the Conservative Party in 2017.

Personal life

She is married to senior Labour Party operative, Morgan McSweeney, the head of political strategy for UK prime minister Keir Starmer. McSweeney and Walker have a son together.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Hamilton & Clyde Valley | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. ^ Thomson, Ross (5 July 2024). "Imogen Walker sweeps Labour to victory in Hamilton & Clyde Valley constituency". Daily Record. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ Massie, John Boothman, Alex (23 July 2024). "Scottish Labour MPs take first steps on ministerial ladder". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 23 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Healey, Derek (16 June 2024). "Imogen Walker: Rising star and one half of Labour's new power couple". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Here's how the 37 Scottish Labour MPs voted on two-child benefit cap". Yahoo News. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ Wearmouth, Rachel (16 November 2022). "Morgan McSweeney – Labour's power broker". New Statesman. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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