Anneliese Dodds is the Labour and Co-operative candidate for Oxford East, and was first elected to the seat in 2017. Anneliese is Party Chair, Chair of Labour Policy Review and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities.

Anneliese lives on Rose Hill with her partner Ed and two children. Anneliese represented Oxford from 2014 to 2017 as our MEP. In that role, Anneliese served on the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, focusing especially on clamping down on tax avoidance by big companies. She was also responsible for tightening rules on financial services, to help prevent any repeat of the global financial crisis.

Before becoming an MEP, Anneliese worked for many years as an academic. She also chaired a local debt and welfare advice centre.