Caroline Voaden
Caroline Voaden | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for South Devon | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Anthony Mangnall (Totnes) |
| Majority | 7,127 (10.1%) |
| Member of the European Parliament for South West England | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Julie Girling |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament | |
| In office 12 November 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Deputy | Luisa Porritt |
| Leader | Jo Swinson Sir Ed Davey and Brinton/Pack (interim) |
| Preceded by | Catherine Bearder |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1968 Wantage, Berkshire, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Website | www |
Caroline Jane Voaden (born 22 November 1968) is a British politician and international journalist, who has served as Member of Parliament for South Devon since 2024 for the Liberal Democrats, having previously served as the party's leader in the European Parliament from 2019 to 2020, and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West England and Gibraltar constituency from 2019 to 2020.
Voaden has covered six European countries in her capacity as a journalist. Whilst covering the latter years of the Yugoslav Wars in Zagreb, she made history as the youngest female bureau chief at Reuters.