Sarah Green (politician)

On 11 July 2022, Green was appointed Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for International Trade and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Wales.

Sarah Louise Green is a British businesswoman and Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesham and Amersham since 2021. Green is the first Liberal Democrat to represent the constituency, which had previously been Conservative since its creation in 1974. She is the area’s first non-Conservative representative since 1923.

On 4 April 2021, Dame Cheryl Gillan, former Secretary of State for Wales in the coalition government and MP for Chesham and Amersham since 1992, died from cancer. Subsequently, Green was elected as MP for the seat at the June 2021 by-election, with 21,517 votes (56.7%) – a majority of 8,028 (21.2%) on a swing of 25.2% from the Conservatives to the Lib Dems. Green is only the third MP to represent the constituency in its 47-year history, and is the constituency's second consecutive Welsh-born MP.

In her victory speech, Green called on voters to "reject Conservative mismanagement" and vowed to "continue the work of holding this Government to account for letting Covid rip through the care homes. We will speak up for the three million people excluded from financial support throughout the pandemic and we will challenge Boris Johnson to be far more ambitious in tackling climate change, supporting our frontline workers and backing our small businesses." She was sworn into Parliament on 21 June 2021, and made her maiden speech on 7 September 2021.

Like her predecessor and her rival Conservative candidate, Green opposes the construction of the HS2 railway line that is planned to go through her constituency (work on the Chiltern tunnel started in May 2021). The day after the by-election, party leader Ed Davey was challenged on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on how his party's support for HS2 fitted with Green's stated opposition to the project. The local party campaigned against HS2, despite the national party giving the project their full backing at the 2019 general election. Davey said the party is still in favour of the project but that they would be a "thorn in the side" of the delivery company HS2 Ltd. "We still have problems with the way the HS2 company are going about their business – they have ignored local people." Davey added that challenging HS2 Ltd was a "mature approach... Standing up to big companies like HS2 rather than what the Conservatives seem to be doing and letting them rip." He accused the company of ignoring local people's concerns over issues such as the transparency of the impact of the Chilterns tunnelling works on local water supplies.

In 2019, Green worked on Dominic Grieve's general election campaign.

Green founded the marketing and communications company Green and Ginger in 2014. Her previous experience included working for Euromonitor International and Kantar TNS.

Green was selected as the Lib Dem candidate for the Ynys Môn constituency for the 2005 general election. She finished fifth behind the Labour, Plaid Cymru and Conservative candidates, as well as one independent. She next contested Arfon at the 2010 general election, where she finished fourth behind the Plaid Cymru, Labour and Conservative candidates.