Margaret Jane Joachim

Dr Margaret Jane Joachim (born 25 June 1949) is a British former Liberal Party and current Liberal Democrat politician who was Chair of the Women's Liberal Democrats.

Background

Joachim was daughter of Reginald and Joyce Margaret Carpenter. She was educated at Brighton and Hove High School, St Hugh's College, Oxford (MA Geology) and the University of Birmingham (PhD Geology). In 1970 she married Paul Joseph Joachim. They had one daughter.^[1]

Political career

Joachim was Liberal candidate for the West Gloucestershire at the 1979 General Election, finishing third. She was Liberal candidate for the Finchley at the 1983 General Election, finishing third.^[2] She was Liberal candidate for the Epsom and Ewell at the 1987 General Election, finishing second. She did not stand for parliament again. She was Training Officer for the Liberal Parliamentary Association from 1979–84. She was a member of the executive of the Women's Liberal Federation from 1984-85. She was Chair of the Women's Liberal Democrats from 1989-90 and Vice-Chair from 1990-92. She was Chair of the Liberal Democrats London Region Candidates’ Committee from 2007–10 and Chair of the Liberal Democrats English Candidates’ Committee from 2011–13.^[3]

Electoral record

United Kingdom general election, 1979: Gloucestershire West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Marland	28,183	47.9
	Labour	John Watkinson	24,009	40.8
	Liberal	Margaret Jane Joachim	6,370	10.8
	National Front	G Storkey	270	0.5
Majority			4,174	7.1
Turnout				83.9

General Election 1983: Finchley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Margaret Hilda Thatcher	19,616	51.1	−1.4
	Labour	Lawrence Gregory Spigel	10,302	26.8	−5.9
	Liberal	Margaret Jane Joachim	7,763	20.2	+7.0
	Ecology	Simone Joan Wilkinson	279	0.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	235	0.6	N/A
	Ban Every Licensing Law Society	Antony Joseph Noonan	75	0.2	N/A
	Rail Not Motorway	Mary Helen Anscomb	42	0.1	N/A
	Law and Order in Gotham City	Antony Peter Whitehead	37	0.1	N/A
	Anti-Censorship	David Alec Webb	28	0.1	N/A
	Party of Associates with Licensees	Brian Clifford Wareham	27	0.1	N/A
	Belgrano Blood-Hunger	Benjamin Cunningham Wedmore	13	0.0	N/A
Majority			9,314	24.2	+4.4
Turnout			38,417	69.0	−2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

General Election 1987: Epsom and Ewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Archibald Gavin Hamilton	33,145	62.21
	Liberal	Margaret Jane Joachim	12,384	23.24
	Labour	Daphne Barbara Follett	7,751	14.55
Majority			20,761	38.97
Turnout				75.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ‘JOACHIM, Rev. Dr Margaret Jane’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Nov 2014 accessed 25 April 2015
2. British parliamentary election results 1974-1983, Craig, F.W.S.
3. ‘JOACHIM, Rev. Dr Margaret Jane’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, Nov 2014 accessed 25 April 2015