Justin Madders | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up[a] | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health[b] | |
| In office 10 April 2020 – 4 December 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office re-established |
| Succeeded by | Feryal Clark |
| In office 18 September 2015 – 14 March 2019 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Jamie Reed |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
| In office 10 July 2018 – 14 March 2019 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Ellesmere Port and Neston | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Miller |
| Majority | 8,764 (17.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1972 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Website | Official website |
Justin Piers Richard Madders (born 22 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellesmere Port and Neston since the May 2015 general election.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Madders studied law at the University of Sheffield and worked as a solicitor, specialising in employment law, before entering politics.[2][3]
Political career[edit]
Before his election to Parliament, Madders was the leader of the Labour opposition on Cheshire West and Chester Council and leader of Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council.[3]
In the 2005 general election, Madders unsuccessfully stood in the safe Conservative seat of Tatton, coming second to the sitting MP, George Osborne.[4] He won 23.5% of the vote, a decrease of 3.8% from the 2001 general election.[5]
Madders entered the House of Commons at the 2015 general election, where he was elected as MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston. He won 47.8% of the vote and a majority of 6,275.[6][7]
In September 2015, Madders was appointed the Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health.[8] He remained in this position until March 2019, when he resigned from his frontbench position, after defying the Labour whip in a vote on a second Brexit referendum.[9]
He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[10]
At the snap 2017 general election, Madders was re-elected, increasing his share of the vote to 59.2% and increasing his majority to 11,390.[11]
Madders was appointed the Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up in July 2018, before also resigning this post in March 2019.[9]
Madders was again re-elected in the 2019 general election with a decreased majority of 8,764 and a decreased vote share of 53.3%.[12]
In April 2020, Madders was re-appointed as the Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health by the new Labour leader Keir Starmer.[8] He left this post in December 2021, when he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up.
Personal life[edit]
He is married and has three children.[13]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ellesmere Port & Neston parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Election 2015: We ask Justin Madders". Cheshire Live. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Election 2015: Ellesmere Port and Neston won by Labour". Chester Chronicle. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Electoral Commission | Tatton". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Ellesmere Port & Neston". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Labour Frontbench". Labour Party. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ a b Wearmouth, Rachel (14 March 2019). "3 Shadow Ministers Resign Over Vote To Block Second Brexit Referendum". HuffPost. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Ellesmere Port and Neston". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "General Election 2019: Results revealed for the Ellesmere Port and Neston area". Cheshire Live. 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
