About Anneliese:

Anneliese is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Oxford East

Anneliese was first elected as the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Oxford East in 2017. Anneliese Dodds has been Labour Member of Parliament for Oxford East since June 2017 and prior to this was an MEP for South East England. She previously worked as an academic in the field of comparative public policy, and chaired a local debt and welfare advice centre. Anneliese has held a number of positions in opposition and in government, including in the Shadow Treasury team, as Chair of the Labour Party and most recently as the Minister for Development and Minister for Women and Equalities.  

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 a 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.

Anneliese was first elected in June 2017 and was made Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury in July 2017. While in this role, Anneliese developed Labour’s ‘Fair Tax Programme’, the Party’s tax avoidance proposals put forward at the 2019 general election.

Anneliese lives in Rose Hill with her partner, Ed, and their two children. In her spare time, she enjoys running, cycling and eating curry.

Anneliese is regularly out and about in Oxford East, attending community events and speaking to people in their homes during weekly ‘doorstep’ sessions. If you want to raise an issue with Anneliese, please email [email protected]