Caroline Voaden
British politician and journalist (born 1968)
Caroline Jane Voaden (born 22 November 1968) is a British politician and international journalist, who has served as Member of Parliament for South Devon since 2024 for the Liberal Democrats, having previously served as the party's leader in the European Parliament from 2019 to 2020, and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West England and Gibraltar constituency from 2019 to 2020.
Voaden has covered six European countries in her capacity as a journalist. Whilst covering the latter years of the Yugoslav Wars in Zagreb, she made history as the youngest female bureau chief at Reuters.
Personal life
Caroline Voaden was born in Wantage in Berkshire, on 22 November 1968, and grew up in Scotland. She studied French and Economics at Sheffield University, with a year abroad living in Lille. In 2007, after being widowed at the age of 34, Voaden moved to Devon with her two young daughters. She married again and has a stepson.
Professional career
From 1991 to 2000, Voaden worked for the Reuters news agency, undergoing assignments in Amsterdam, Dublin, Bonn, Belgrade and Zagreb.
In 2007, she moved to Devon, where she founded her own modern craft brand in 2012. In 2018 she became operations manager at a resettlement charity working with offenders and prisoners from HM Prison Channings Wood.
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