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CouncillorManuela PerteghellaMP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Nadhim Zahawi
Majority	7,122 (13.5%)
Personal details
Born	1973 or 1974 (age 50–51) Italy
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Spouse	Bruce Horton
Children	3
Residence(s)	Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Alma mater	University of North London (BA) University of East Anglia (MA, PhD)
Occupation	Politician lecturer

Manuela Perteghella (born 1973 or 1974) is an Italian-born British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stratford-on-Avon since 2024.

Early life and education

Perteghella was born in Italy. She graduated from the University of North London with a Bachelor of Arts in English and theatre studies, and then pursued a master's in literary translation and a PhD in theatre and translation, both from the University of East Anglia.

Career

Perteghella is a former university lecturer and a former school governor. From 2006 to 2012, she was a senior lecturer at London Metropolitan University. She has also worked as a curator of community arts projects, published research in literary translation and been a principal tutor at the University of Warwick, a contributing artist and researcher at King's College London, and an associate lecturer for the Open University.

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Perteghella won the constituency of Stratford-on-Avon, garnering 23,450 votes. Her majority was 7,122. She is the first non-Conservative MP for the area since 1950 and the first female MP of the constituency. Perteghella has served as a Stratford-on-Avon district councillor, representing the ward of Welford-on-Avon since a 2020 by-election.

According to her Register of Members' Interests, she stood down as a Director of Environmental Policy Consulting following her election, and worked as an Associate Lecturer at the Open University.

Personal life

Perteghella is married to Dr Bruce Horton, who is an environmental economist, and they have three children together. She lives with her family in Welford.

Despite having lived in the United Kingdom for 30 years, Perteghella was not permitted to vote in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum as she was not a British citizen at the time. She cited as her inspiration for entering politics her "feeling of being (quite literally) disenfranchised was, through engaging with politics itself, transformed into a sense of empowerment".

See also

• List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election

References

1. ^ "Manuela Perteghella promises to be different type of MP after historic general election win". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
2. "Manuela Perteghella, Editor". The Portobello Bookshop. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
3. Pack, Mark (18 May 2022). "Manuela Perteghella selected for Stratford-on-Avon". Mark Pack. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
4. "Councillor Manuela Perteghella". Stratford-upon-Avon Council. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
5. Perteghella, Manuela (9 January 2020). "Shakespeare in Italian". Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
6. ^ "Stratford-on-Avon | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
7. Asokan, Shyamantha; Bovill, James (5 July 2024). "Lib Dem wears the crown in Shakespeare's birthplace". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
8. Nevett, Joshua (10 July 2024). "Who are Coventry and Warwickshire's newbie MPs?". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
9. "Manuela Perteghella - Registered Interests". members.parliament.uk.
10. "Manuela's Residents Survey". www.smartsurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
11. "Manuela Perteghella". Centenary Action. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

External links

• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at Public Whip
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

• Living people
• 1970s births
• Alumni of the University of North London
• Academics of the University of Warwick
• Academics of London Metropolitan University
• Academics of the Open University
• Alumni of the University of East Anglia
• 21st-century British educators
• 21st-century British women educators
• 21st-century British translators
• Councillors in Warwickshire
• Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
• 21st-century Italian educators
• 21st-century Italian women educators
• Italian emigrants to England
• 21st-century Italian translators
• 20th-century Italian people
• 20th-century Italian women
• Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
• Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies
• Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
• UK MPs 2024–present
• Women councillors in England