Angela Smith, English academic and politician
Angela Christine Smith (born 16 August 1961) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Penistone and Stocksbridge from 2010 to 2019 and MP for Sheffield Hillsborough from 2005 to 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats, she was previously an MP for the Labour Party and Change UK. She was also an Independent politician before joining the Liberal Democrats.
Initially elected as a Labour MP, Smith was an early opponent to leader Jeremy Corbyn. In 2018 Smith lost a motion of no confidence by her constituency party. Smith resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 alongside six other MPs in protest at Corbyn's leadership, and they formed The Independent Group (later renamed Change UK).In June 2019, she left Change UK to sit as an independent MP. In September she joined the Liberal Democrats. In the 2019 general election, she stood as a Liberal Democrat in Altrincham and Sale West, where she finished third.