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Layla Moran Layla Michelle Moran ( ; born 12 September 1982 ) is a British Liberal Democrat politician serving as the Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Foreign Affairs and International Development since 2020 , and serving as the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017 . She identifies as pansexual and is believed to be the first UK parliamentarian to come out as pansexual ( which she did in 2020 ) . She is the first MP of Palestinian descent . She attended private schools in Brussels , Kingston in Jamaica and Roedean School near Brighton . She studied Physics at Imperial College London and completed her PGCE at Brunel University London . She worked as a maths and physics teacher . Moran unsuccessfully campaigned as the Liberal Democrat candidate in Battersea at the 2010 general election and in the West Central constituency at the 2012 London Assembly election . She contested Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2015 general election , coming second . She was selected for the seat again at the 2017 general election and was elected to the House of Commons , defeating Conservative MP Nicola Blackwood , with 26,256 votes ( 43.7% ) and a majority of 816 . She served as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for the Department for Education under three leaders from 2017 to 2020 , and was spokesperson for the Department for Digital , Culture , Media and Sport from 2019 to 2020 . After Jo Swinson lost her seat at the 2019 general election , Moran stood to become Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the 2020 leadership election , which she lost to Acting Leader Sir Ed Davey . On 31 August 2020 , Davey appointed Moran as the Liberal Democrats Shadow Foreign Secretary and as International Development Spokesperson the following day . Early life and career . Layla Michelle Moran was born in Hammersmith on 12 September 1982 , the elder daughter of diplomat James Moran and Randa Moran , a Christian Palestinian from Jerusalem . Her great-grandfather was the Palestinian writer Wasif Jawhariyyeh , who published extensive memoirs . Moran describes herself as a British Palestinian . On her upbringing , Moran said My Palestinian background has made me interested at a global level . Politics was always at the dinner table ; it primed me to engage . Moran was raised as a cultural Christian and now identifies as a humanist . Because her father was a diplomat for the European Union and its predecessors , Moran grew up in various countries , including Belgium , Greece , Ethiopia , Jamaica and Jordan . She attended private schools in Brussels , Kingston in Jamaica and Roedean School in Brighton . From 2000 to 2003 , she studied physics at Imperial College London , and from 2005 to 2007 completed a PGCE at Brunel University London . From 2007 to 2008 , she studied for a masters degree in comparative education at UCLs Institute of Education . From 2003 to 2012 , Moran was a maths and physics teacher at the International School of Brussels , and at two schools in London : Queensmead School and Southbank International School . Between 2009 and 2013 she worked as a part-time course tutor for Oxford Study Courses , a company that helps International Baccalaureate teachers and students , and from 2013 she was full-time academic manager . Political career . Moran was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Battersea at the 2010 general election and came in third place . She also stood as a candidate for the West Central constituency in the 2012 London Assembly election , coming fourth . Moran contested Oxford West and Abingdon at the 2015 general election , coming second . She was selected for the seat again at the 2017 general election and won the seat from Nicola Blackwood , a Conservative who was then a junior minister for health , with 26,256 votes ( 43.7% ) and a majority of 816 . Moran became the first UK Member of Parliament of Palestinian descent and the first female Liberal Democrat MP from an ethnic minority background . In June 2017 , Moran was named Liberal Democrat spokesperson for education , science and young people in the House of Commons . That month she used her maiden speech to call for fairer funding for schools , and in July 2017 she spoke out against the closure of all the Sure Start childrens centres in Oxfordshire earlier in the year . Also in July 2017 , Moran was jeered at for accusing the Conservatives of underfunding a new scheme to provide 30 hours of free child care for the children of working parents . Later in 2017 , she was appointed a member of the Public Accounts Committee , which is responsible for overseeing government expenditure . In May 2019 , Moran announced that , being a relatively new MP , she would not be running in the 2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election . She had been considered a frontrunner to replace Vince Cable as leader , following his announcement in September 2018 that he intended to step down from the post . At the 2019 general election she stood for re-election , increasing her majority to 8,943 . In March 2020 , Moran announced that she would be running in the 2020 leadership election . Moran finished in second place with 35.6% of the vote , losing to Ed Davey , the Acting-Co Leader . Moran has also been a leading voice in the call for a full review of the GCSE history curriculum . She argues that to tackle institutional racism in society students must be taught of Britains colonial past and the injustices that took place within it . In 2020 over 250,000 people signed a petition calling for Britains colonial history to be made a compulsory part of the curriculum which prompted Moran and 30 other cross-party MPs to apply greater pressure on the government to make significant changes to the history curriculum . In 2021 , Moran was one of three MPs who successfully took legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care over contracts awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic . She said the names of the children killed in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis in Parliament . Political positions . Foreign policy . Moran believes that the United Kingdom should announce recognition of the State of Palestine . Personal life . In an interview with The Times , Moran stated that she suffered from depression when she was a student and attributed it to a negative self-image resulting from the social stigma of obesity . She underwent stomach-stapling surgery to assist her in losing weight . In 2013 , Moran and her then boyfriend Richard Davis were briefly questioned by police , after she slapped him during an argument in their hotel room at the Liberal Democrat Federal Conference . No charge was brought , but the relationship subsequently ended . On 2 January 2020 , Moran revealed in an interview with PinkNews that she is pansexual ; she is believed to be the first UK parliamentarian to come out as pansexual . Moran also disclosed that she was in a stable relationship with Rosy Cobb , formerly a Liberal Democrat press officer . Cobb was suspended by the party during the previous general election over an accusation that she had forged an email .