Justin Madders
Justin Madders | |
|---|---|
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| Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health | |
| Assumed office 10 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Sir Keir Starmer |
| Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
| In office 10 July 2018 – 14 March 2019 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care | |
| In office 9 January 2018 – 14 March 2019 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadow Minister for Health | |
| In office 18 September 2015 – 9 January 2018 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| 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 |
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]
Political career
In the 2005 General Election, Madders unsuccessfully stood in the safe Conservative seat of Tatton, coming second to the sitting MP, George Osborne.[2]
He was appointed a member of the shadow health team in September 2015.[3] He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[4] He resigned from his shadow cabinet position in March 2019, after defying the Labour whip in a vote on a second Brexit referendum.[5]
Before election to parliament he was an employment lawyer, and Leader of the Labour opposition on Cheshire West and Chester Council and leader of Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council.[6] He was re-elected in the 2019 general election with a majority of 8,764.[7]
Personal life
He is married and has three children.[8]
Electoral record
2019 General Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Justin Madders | 26,001 | 53.3 |  5.8
| |
| Conservative | Alison Rodwell | 17,237 | 35.4 | 1.4
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| Liberal Democrats | Ed Gough | 2,406 | 4.9 |  3.2
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| Brexit Party | Christopher Stevens | 2,138 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Chris Copeman | 964 | 2.0 | 1.3
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| Majority | 8,764 | 17.9 | 4.5
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| Turnout | 46,340 | 69.3 | 4.9
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| Labour hold | Swing | 2.2
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2017 General Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Justin Madders | 30,137 | 59.2 | 11.4
| |
| Conservative | Nigel Jones | 18,747 | 36.8 | 2.5
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Gough | 892 | 1.8 | 1.6
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| UKIP | Fred Fricker | 821 | 1.6 | 10.4
| |
| Green | Steven Baker | 342 | 0.7 | 1.4
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| Majority | 11,390 | 22.4 | 9.0
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| Turnout | 50,939 | 74.2 | 5.6
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| Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
2015 General Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Justin Madders | 22,316 | 47.8 | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Katherine Fletcher | 16,041 | 34.3 | −0.5 | |
| UKIP | Jonathan Starkey | 5,594 | 12.0 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trish Derraugh | 1,563 | 3.3 | −11.7 | |
| Green | Michelle Palmer | 990 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Felicity Dowling | 192 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | John Dyer | 31 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,275 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 46,727 | 68.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
References
- ^ "Ellesmere Port & Neston parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Electoral Commission | Tatton". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Labour Frontbench". Labour Party. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Wearmouth, Rachel (14 March 2019). "3 Shadow Ministers Resign Over Vote To Block Second Brexit Referendum". HuffPost. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Election 2015: Ellesmere Port and Neston won by Labour". Chester Chronicle. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "General Election 2019: Results revealed for the Ellesmere Port and Neston area". Cheshire Live.
- ^ "Biography". Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated 2019" (PDF). Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Ellesmere Port and Neston". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.