Allegra Spender

Allegra Spender, 2018.

Allegra Spender (born 10 March 1978) is an Australian politician and businesswoman who is the member of parliament for Wentworth since 2022. She is the third generation of her family to sit in federal parliament, after her grandfather Percy and father John. One of a number of centrist "teal independents" opposing incumbent Liberal MPs, Spender ran on a platform of action on climate change, political integrity, and gender equality. She was a management consultant and corporate executive before entering politics, including as managing director of her mother Carla Zampatti's fashion label.