Justin Madders

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]

Justin Madders

MP
Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health
Assumed office
10 April 2020
LeaderSir Keir Starmer
Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
In office
10 July 2018 – 14 March 2019
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care
In office
9 January 2018 – 14 March 2019
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Shadow Minister for Health
In office
18 September 2015 – 9 January 2018
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Member of Parliament
for Ellesmere Port and Neston
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byAndrew Miller
Majority8,764 (17.9%)
Personal details
Born (1972-11-22) 22 November 1972
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield

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
General election 2019: Ellesmere Port and Neston[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Justin Madders 26,001 53.3 5.8
Conservative Alison Rodwell 17,237 35.4 1.4
Liberal Democrats Ed Gough 2,406 4.9 3.2
Brexit Party Christopher Stevens 2,138 4.4 N/A
Green Chris Copeman 964 2.0 1.3
Majority 8,764 17.9 4.5
Turnout 46,340 69.3 4.9
Labour hold Swing 2.2

2017 General Election
General election 2017: Ellesmere Port and Neston[10]
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
UKIP Fred Fricker 821 1.6 10.4
Green Steven Baker 342 0.7 1.4
Majority 11,390 22.4 9.0
Turnout 50,939 74.2 5.6
Labour hold Swing +4.5

2015 General Election
General election 2015: Ellesmere Port and Neston[11][12]
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
  1. "Ellesmere Port & Neston parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 - BBC News". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. "Electoral Commission | Tatton". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. "Labour Frontbench". Labour Party. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. Wearmouth, Rachel (14 March 2019). "3 Shadow Ministers Resign Over Vote To Block Second Brexit Referendum". HuffPost. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. "Election 2015: Ellesmere Port and Neston won by Labour". Chester Chronicle. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. "General Election 2019: Results revealed for the Ellesmere Port and Neston area". Cheshire Live.
  8. "Biography". Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  9. "Statement of Persons Nominated 2019" (PDF). Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  10. "Ellesmere Port and Neston". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  11. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. "Ellesmere Port & Neston". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Andrew Miller		 Member of Parliament
for Ellesmere Port and Neston
2015–present		 Incumbent
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