Samantha Ruth Margaret Niblett[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire since 2024.
[2] Prior to pursuing a full-time political career, Niblett worked at software company 1E as its Head of Alliances, Channel & Ecosystem; before 2022, she had worked in the information technology sector for more than 20 years.
[6] In politics, Niblett unsuccessfully contested the 2019 and 2023 elections to Erewash Borough Council.
[7][8] In August 2023, she was successfully selected as the Labour Party candidate for the South Derbyshire constituency, which since the 2010 general election had been represented by Conservative MP Heather Wheeler.
[9] At the 2019 general election, Wheeler had won South Derbyshire by a margin of 19,335 votes (36.3%) over the second-placed Labour candidate.