Smith's first significant job in politics was as agent for Frank Dobson in Holborn and St Pancras, and he later acted as agent for Emily Thornberry in her narrow victory in Islington South at the 2005 general election.
Smith's first significant job in politics was as agent for Frank Dobson in Holborn and St Pancras, and he was first elected to Camden Council in 1998, re-elected in 2002. He acted as agent for Emily Thornberry in her narrow victory in Islington South at the 2005 general election.