Julia Leonard
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Julia A. Leonard is a Socialist Party (England and Wales)
Socialist Party (England and Wales)
The Socialist Party is a Trotskyist party active in England and Wales.It publishes the weekly newspaper The Socialist and the monthly magazine Socialism Today...

 councillor
Councillor
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 in the London Borough of Hillingdon
London Borough of Hillingdon
The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost borough in Greater London, England. The borough's population was recorded as 243,006 in the 2001 Census. The borough incorporates the former districts of Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, Hayes and Harlington and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the...

 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.

She was educated at Hillingdon High School in west London
London
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, graduated from Brunel University
Brunel University
Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....

 with a degree in economics, and had a career in Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...

 using Rucaps
Rucaps
RUCAPS was a computer aided design system for architects. It ran on minicomputers from Prime Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation .-Development:...

 for hospital architects.

She has been active in the labour movement for 20 years, and became a councillor when she defected from the Labour Party(UK) in 1995.

She stood in the Uxbridge by-election, 1997
Uxbridge by-election, 1997
The Uxbridge by-election, 1997 was a parliamentary by-election held in July 1997 to elect a new Member of Parliament for the constituency of Uxbridge in London, England....

, coming fifth.
Julia Leonard is married with one daughter.

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