On Friday 24th July 2009, Chloe won the Norwich North by-election with a majority of 7,348.
Chloe was born in 1982 in Kent and her family moved to Norfolk when she was three. Two other generations of the Smith family live in West Norfolk and have started and loved managing small businesses. Teaching also runs in the family.
Chloe attended primary and secondary school in Norfolk and read English Literature at York University.
Experience
Chloe has been an active volunteer since she was a youngster. When she was sixteen, Chloe set up a Youth Forum for Norfolk. Chloe has always strongly believed that people are enterprising, responsible and imaginative, and she makes a point of supporting schemes which help people train, network and learn from others. Recently, Chloe set up a mentoring scheme to help get more women into politics. She has also been a member of the TimeTogether scheme which helps refugees in the UK find their feet and contribute to British life.
She is an active charity volunteer, having set out to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in 2006 for the British Heart Foundation and Leukaemia Research and having completed fundraising challenges for Norwich charities such as Liveability John Grooms Court. She is Patron of YMCA Norfolk and the Inspire Hands-On Science Centre in Norwich, as well as Honorary Vice President of the Norfolk and Norwich Novi Sad Association. She is a school governor of a primary school in the city.
Chloe formerly worked for a leading international firm which advises private businesses, government departments and public bodies.
Campaigning in Norwich North
Chloe is proud to have been Norwich North's new MP since last July's by-election. As a new MP, she brings enthusiasm and energy to the role. She is speaking out in Westminster on matters including transport, business, education, social care. Locally she is pushing for better roads and rail, decent local services, help for Territorial Army troops and much more.
You can read more at www.chloesmith.org.uk about what Chloe is up to, and how she is delivering on the innovative 'contract with Norwich North' which she pledged during the by-election.
Outside politics
A Norfolk girl, Chloe lives in Norwich and enjoys cycling and playing badminton at a city club in her spare time. Chloe passionately enjoys the arts.