Margaret Jane Joachim
Dr Margaret Jane Joachim (born 25 June 1949) is a British former Liberal Party and current Liberal Democrat politician who was Chair of the Women's Liberal Democrats.
Background[edit]
Joachim was daughter of Reginald and Joyce Margaret Carpenter. She was educated at Brighton and Hove High School, St Hugh's College, Oxford (MA Geology) and the University of Birmingham (PhD Geology). In 1970 she married Paul Joseph Joachim. They had one daughter.[1]
Political career[edit]
Joachim was Liberal candidate for the West Gloucestershire at the 1979 General Election, finishing third. She was Liberal candidate for the Finchley at the 1983 General Election, finishing third.[2] She was Liberal candidate for the Epsom and Ewell at the 1987 General Election, finishing second. She did not stand for parliament again. She was Training Officer for the Liberal Parliamentary Association from 1979–84. She was a member of the executive of the Women's Liberal Federation from 1984-85. She was Chair of the Women's Liberal Democrats from 1989-90 and Vice-Chair from 1990-92. She was Chair of the Liberal Democrats London Region Candidates’ Committee from 2007–10 and Chair of the Liberal Democrats English Candidates’ Committee from 2011–13.[3]
Electoral record[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Marland | 28,183 | 47.9 | ||
| Labour | John Watkinson | 24,009 | 40.8 | ||
| Liberal | Margaret Jane Joachim | 6,370 | 10.8 | ||
| National Front | G Storkey | 270 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 4,174 | 7.1 | |||
| Turnout | 83.9 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rt Hon. Margaret Hilda Thatcher | 19,616 | 51.1 | −1.4 | |
| Labour | Lawrence Gregory Spigel | 10,302 | 26.8 | −5.9 | |
| Liberal | Margaret Jane Joachim | 7,763 | 20.2 | +7.0 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Ecology Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Ecology Party|Template:Ecology Party/meta/shortname]] | Simone Joan Wilkinson | 279 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 235 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Ban Every Licensing Law Society | Antony Joseph Noonan | 75 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Rail Not Motorway | Mary Helen Anscomb | 42 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Law and Order in Gotham City | Antony Peter Whitehead | 37 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Anti-Censorship | David Alec Webb | 28 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Party of Associates with Licensees | Brian Clifford Wareham | 27 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Belgrano Blood-Hunger | Benjamin Cunningham Wedmore | 13 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,314 | 24.2 | +4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 38,417 | 69.0 | −2.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Archibald Gavin Hamilton | 33,145 | 62.21 | ||
| Liberal | Margaret Jane Joachim | 12,384 | 23.24 | ||
| Labour | Daphne Barbara Follett | 7,751 | 14.55 | ||
| Majority | 20,761 | 38.97 | |||
| Turnout | 75.38 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ↑ ‘JOACHIM, Rev. Dr Margaret Jane’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Nov 2014 accessed 25 April 2015
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1974-1983, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ ‘JOACHIM, Rev. Dr Margaret Jane’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Nov 2014 accessed 25 April 2015
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