Preceded by Stephen O'Brien Spouse(s) Matt Succeeded by Janet Haworth Role Politician | Preceded by Brynle Williams Name Antoinette Sandbach Majority 12,974 (27.4%) Children Sacha
Sam | |
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Full Name Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach Born 15 February 1969 (age 55)
Hafodunos, United Kingdom ( 1969-02-15 ) Profiles | ||
Education University of Nottingham Political party Welsh Conservative Party | ||
Antoinette sandbach demands support for bereaved parents
Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson-Sandbach (born 15 February 1969), known in politics as Antoinette Sandbach, is a Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament for Eddisbury at the 2015 general election. The following day, 8 May 2015, she resigned as the Welsh Assembly Member for the North Wales region. having been elected as a North Wales regional Assembly Member at the May 2011 election.
Contents
- Antoinette sandbach demands support for bereaved parents
- Early life
- Political career
- Private life
- References
Early life
Her family has farmed the Hafodunos estate in the Elwy valley of North Wales for six generations. She was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and the University of Nottingham. The eldest of four sisters, she practised law under her birth name of Antoinette Mackeson-Sandbach, but dropped the Mackeson when she entered politics. She was a criminal barrister in London for 12 years.
Political career
Sandbach made a speech at a Save the Rhino fundraiser in 2007 that led to suggestions that she should enter politics. She rang the Conservative office in Colwyn Bay and within three months was standing for the Welsh Assembly in Delyn (Flintshire). She then used her legal experience in a part-time job with Clwyd West MP David Jones.
In the 2010 general election, Sandbach contested the Labour-held parliamentary constituency of Delyn. She lost, but achieved a swing of 6.7% from Labour to Conservative. Following the death of Brynle Williams in 2011, she became a Conservative Regional Assembly Member for North Wales and Shadow Rural Affairs Minister in the Welsh Assembly.
In March 2015, Sandbach was selected as the Conservative Party candidate for the Conservative-held seat of Eddisbury in Cheshire, England. She held the safe Conservative seat with a majority of nearly 13,000, and promptly resigned from the Welsh Assembly, to be succeeded by Janet Haworth.
Sandbach was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum.
Sandach retained the Eddisbury seat at the United Kingdom general election, 2017 with a majority of just under 12,000.
Private life
Sandbach-Mackeson's daughter Sacha was born in 2002 but she split from Sacha's father in 2003 and moved back to Hafodunos in 2005. She lost a 5-day-old son, Sam, to SIDS in 2009 and is married to Matt, a sculptor.