Ruth Smeeth

The Right Honourable The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Official portrait, 2017
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 November 2022 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North
In office 7 May 2015 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Joan Walley
Succeeded by	Jonathan Gullis
Personal details
Born	Ruth Lauren Anderson (1979-06-29) 29 June 1979 (age 45) Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Michael Smeeth ​ (m. 2004⁠–⁠2018)​
Alma mater	University of Birmingham
Website	Official website

Ruth Lauren Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent^[1] (née Anderson; born 29 June 1979) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent North from 2015 until 2019. Since 2022 she has been a member of the House of Lords.

After working in public relations roles for the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre and Nestlé, Smeeth became more actively involved in the Labour Party. She stood as an MP candidate in the 2010 election but was not elected. During her parliamentary career she campaigned for the UK to remain in the European Union. She served as Personal Private Secretary to Tom Watson, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, but resigned so she could vote against a second Brexit referendum. She was elected Parliamentary Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement in April 2019 and served until she lost the contest for the Stoke constituency in 2019.