Emma Dent Coad, the Labour Party politician who claimed a surprise election victory in the UK's richest constituency, is a design writer and architecture historian known for campaigning against gentrification.
Dent Coad was declared winner of the London seat of Kensington on Friday night, beating the Conservative incumbent, Victoria Borthwick, by just 20 votes.
It was the last seat to be called, following three recounts that necessitated tired election officials take a break and sleep during the day before beginning the final tally.
The count generated particular interest because Kensington is the wealthiest seat in the UK and had previously never elected a Labour parliamentarian in its 34-year history.
Dent Coad, 62, has been serving as a local councillor in the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough since 2006, representing Golborne Ward. The biography on her blog also details a 30-year career spent studying and writing about design and architecture, including an MA Design History at the Royal College of Art, and contributions to Building Design, Design Week and Blueprint. Her specialty is 20th-century Spanish architectural history, as well as social housing.
While the area she represents may be best known for its celebrity residents, on her blog Dent Coad also identifies it as "home to Kensal House by Grey Wornum and to Trellick Tower and the newly listed Edenham Way by Erno Goldfinger" ? all prominent London social housing estates.

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