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

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

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

United Kingdom general election, 1979: Gloucestershire West
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
General Election 1983: Finchley
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
Ecology 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
General Election 1987: Epsom and Ewell
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

  1. ↑ ‘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
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1974-1983, Craig, F.W.S.
  3. ↑ ‘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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