Jo Swinson

“I think our stance on Brexit has perhaps been one of the most powerful things in helping people to recognise the values of the Liberal Democrats.”

“I would encourage anyone who shares our liberal values in or outside parliament to join our party and join our liberal movement. Our door is absolutely open.”

“There are five main barriers to women entering politics - I like to think of them as the five Cs: cash, caring, culture, confidence, and the closed club.”

“Being an MP is quite a strange job, because you do it in two different places. Half the time I'm in Westminster and the other half I'm in my constituency and the job is different in both of them.”

“But I don't feel that as a politician I'm hugely different. Obviously I have a different set of experiences that chime with experiences that many of my constituents have. I think I essentially still have the same set of values and the issues that are important to me don't seem to have changed hugely.”

“I'm a massive feminist, but I think it's a little unfair on the other sex saying they're not in it to change the world.”

“I have no limits to my ambition for the Liberal Democrats.”

“Equalities issues are a key part of the Liberal Democrats and under my leadership we would push for them at every opportunity - whether in government or not.”

“We have a massive shortage of engineers and one of the big glaring holes is that we have so few women doing engineering - it's less than 10 per cent of the workforce.”

“Having studied politics doesn't necessarily give you political nous.”

“Education is there to help our children negotiate the world and understand the communities they're a part of. We owe it to them to provide them with the best information we can to live their lives happily, safely, and without discrimination.”

“Shared parental leave is good for dads. Looking after their newborn on their own is a unique learning experience.”

“Being transparent about parental leave and pay policies will help build a workplace culture where men also feel supported in taking on their fair share of caring responsibilities.”

“The piece of legislation that I'm so excited and delighted to be doing is shared parental leave.”

“I want the UK to be a global leader in developing and deploying technology, but I also want us to ensure that the benefits are fairly shared across society.”

“I think it's been lovely the way people have been really supportive in parliament of my pregnancy.”

“Every January we see these fad diets promoted. These aren't promoting healthiness, these aren't promoting a way of embracing exercise and eating fruit and veg and doing things which will actually help people.”

“So I hope women will consider a life in politics. We need women, you see. We need them.”

“We champion freedom - but Brexit will mean the next generation is less free to live, work and love across Europe.”

“A book I often refer to by Naomi Klein is called 'No Is Not Enough'. It's not enough to be against something. You have to actually be for something. A better alternative. For me, that's about transformation.”