Emily Benn

The Honourable
Emily Benn
The Honourable Emily Benn
	Benn in 2009
Common Councillor for City of London Common Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 March 2022
Councillor for Croydon Borough Council
	In office; 23 May 2014 – 10 March 2016
Ward	West Thornton
Majority	1,777
Personal details
Born	Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn; 4 October 1989; Croydon, London, England
Political party	Labour (until 2022); Independent (2022–);
Parents	Stephen Benn (father); Nita Clarke (mother);
Relatives	Tony Benn (grandfather); Caroline Benn (grandmother); Hilary Benn (uncle); Melissa Benn (aunt);
Alma mater	New College, Oxford
Occupation	Investment banking
Website	democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=2871

Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn (born 4 October 1989) is an English Local government politician, who has represented the Ward of Bread Street on the Court of Common Council of the City of London since 2022.

Benn unsuccessfully contested both the 2010 and 2015 UK general elections as a Labour Party parliamentary candidate. At the 2014 local elections, Benn was elected to the West Thornton Ward of Croydon Borough Council, serving until 2016. At the 2022 local elections, she was elected to represent Bread Street Ward on the City Common Council.

The granddaughter of the late Labour MP Tony Benn, she is the eldest child and only daughter of the 3rd Viscount Stansgate by his wife Nita Clarke (née Bowes).

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