Vikki Slade | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Michael Tomlinson |
Majority | 1,352 (2.7%) |
Leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | |
In office 23 May 2023 โ 14 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Philip Broadhead |
Succeeded by | Millie Earl |
In office 21 May 2019 โ 15 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | new council |
Succeeded by | Drew Mellor |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Councillor for Broadstone Ward Poole Borough Councillor for Broadstone Ward (2011-2015, 2016-2019) | |
Assumed office 13 October 2016 | |
Preceded by | Joanne Tomlin |
In office 5 May 2011 โ 7 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Graham Mason |
Succeeded by | Joanne Tomlin |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 December 1972 |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Website | www |
Vikki Slade (born 17 December 1972) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole since 2024.[1] She unsuccessfully contested the same seat in 2015, 2017 and 2019.[2]
Slade was the leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council from 2023 until her resignation in July 2024.[3][4] She previously served as leader from the 2019 election to September 2020.[5] She was head of the "Three Towns Alliance" coalition.[6]
She has represented Broadstone ward as a local councillor since 2011,[7] including when the ward was part of Poole Borough Council prior to 2019.[8]
In the 2015 United Kingdom general election, her campaign to succeed Annette Brooke was supported by Lord Oakeshott.[9]
In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, she unseated Conservative Michael Tomlinson, who had been the Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration.[10] After being elected she said she wouldn't have stood for a fifth time had she lost.[11]