Editing Sarah Teather (section)

==Early life==
Teather was educated at the independent [[Leicester Grammar School]] and [[St John's College, Cambridge]], where she gained a 2:1 degree in [[Natural Sciences]] specialising in [[pharmacology]].<ref>{{cite news |agency=Press Association |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/sep/19/byelections.uk1 |title=Who is Sarah Teather? |newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 September 2003 |access-date=13 April 2010 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912025104/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/sep/19/byelections.uk1 |archive-date=12 September 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Teather initially embarked on a PhD at [[University College London]], but left the course at the end of her first year. She went on to work as a policy adviser for a number of prominent groups including the [[Royal Society]] and the charity [[Macmillan Cancer Relief]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.libdems.org.uk/mps_detail.aspx?name=Sarah_Teather&pPK=d9382479-7d4c-427a-b262-70e16a74cf7d |title=Sarah Teather – MP for Brent East |publisher=Liberal Democrats |access-date=13 April 2010}}</ref>

Teather first contested an election on 7 June 2001 in the seat of [[Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley and Golders Green]].  On 3 May 2002 she was elected to [[Islington London Borough Council]] as one of the three councillors representing Hillrise Ward.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.islington.gov.uk/DownloadableDocuments/CouncilandDemocracy/Pdf/fullelection.pdf |title= Islington Borough Council 2002 Election Results and Turnout Statistics |access-date= 13 April 2010 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110609001332/http://www.islington.gov.uk/DownloadableDocuments/CouncilandDemocracy/Pdf/fullelection.pdf |archive-date= 9 June 2011 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> She was then appointed by the council to serve as a school governor at [[Ashmount]] Primary School.

Subsequent to her first election as an MP she resigned from Islington Council, resigned as a school governor at Ashmount Primary and withdrew as a candidate for the Greater [[London Assembly]] seat in North East London.