Felicity Buchan

Felicity Buchan won Kensington – the area she has lived for over twenty-five years – from Labour’s Emma Dent Coad in 2019 by just 150 votes. After studying Law at the University of Oxford, Buchan worked in investment banking during the 1990s. She left in 2001 to volunteer at a North Kensington Children’s charity. An active backbencher, Buchan’s maiden speech stressed her awareness of the wealth disparities within her constituency, stating, “if you look at the life expectancy difference between my richest ward and my poorest ward, it is more than a decade for men”, Buchan is passionate about social mobility and has said she wants Kensington “to be a beacon of modern urban conservatism, where what matters is not where you came from but where you are going, and where Kensington is the best place to live, work and learn for all its residents”. Buchan currently sits on both the treasury and the finance committee. Outside of the Commons, she is chair of governors at Bousfield Primary School.