Caroline Voaden

Caroline Voaden MP
Member of Parliament for South Devon
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency re-established
Majority	7,127 (10.1%)
Member of the European Parliament for South West England
In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 31 January 2020
Preceded by	Julie Girling
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament
In office 12 November 2019 – 31 January 2020
Deputy	Luisa Porritt
Leader	Jo Swinson Sir Ed Davey and Brinton/Pack (interim)
Preceded by	Catherine Bearder
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1968-11-22) 22 November 1968 (age 55) Wantage, Oxfordshire, England
Political party	Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	University of Sheffield
Profession	Journalist
Website	www.carolinevoaden.org.uk

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.^[3]

Voaden has covered six European countries in her capacity as a journalist.^[4] Whilst covering the latter years of the Yugoslav Wars in Zagreb, she made history as the youngest female bureau chief at Reuters.^[5]