Justin Madders

Justin Madders
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
Incumbent
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byKevin Hollinrake
Shadow junior portfolios
2021–2024Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up[a]
2020–2021Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health
2018–2019Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2015–2019Health and Social Care
Member of Parliament
for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Ellesmere Port and Neston (2015–2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byAndrew Miller
Majority16,908 (40.3%)
Personal details
Born (1972-11-22) 22 November 1972 (age 51)
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
WebsiteOfficial website

Justin Piers Richard Madders (born 22 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, previously Ellesmere Port and Neston, since 2015.[1][2] He has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets since July 2024.[3]

Early life and career

Justin Madders was born on 22 November 1972. He studied law at the University of Sheffield and worked as a solicitor, specialising in employment law, before entering politics.[4][5]

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.[5]

Parliamentary career

At the 2005 general election, Madders stood as the Labour candidate in Tatton, coming second with 23.5% of the vote behind the incumbent Conservative MP George Osborne.[6][7]

Madders was elected to Parliament at the 2015 general election as MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston with 47.8% of the vote and a majority of 6,275.[8][9]

In September 2015, Madders was appointed Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health.[10] 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.[11]

He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[12]

At the snap 2017 general election, Madders was re-elected as MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston with an increased vote share of 59.2% and an increased majority of 11,390.[13]

Madders was appointed the Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up in July 2018, before also resigning this post in March 2019.[11]

Madders was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 53.3% and a decreased majority of 8,764.[14][15]

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.[10] He left this post in December 2021, when he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up.

Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Madders' constituency of Ellesmere Port and Neston was abolished, and replaced with Ellesmere Port and Bromborough. At the 2024 general election, Madders was elected to Parliament as MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough with 57.6% of the vote and a majority of 16,908.[16]

Personal life

He is married and has three children.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ Employment Rights (2021 to 2023)

References

  1. ^ "UK Parliament". 5 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Ellesmere Port & Neston parliamentary constituency – Election 2015". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Election 2015: We ask Justin Madders". Cheshire Live. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Election 2015: Ellesmere Port and Neston won by Labour". Chester Chronicle. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Electoral Commission | Tatton". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Ellesmere Port & Neston". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Labour Frontbench". Labour Party. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. ^ a b Wearmouth, Rachel (14 March 2019). "3 Shadow Ministers Resign Over Vote To Block Second Brexit Referendum". HuffPost. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency election results – Election Vote". www.electionvote.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  14. ^ "General Election 2019: Results revealed for the Ellesmere Port and Neston area". Cheshire Live. 13 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated 2019" (PDF). Cheshire West and Chester Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Ellesmere Port and Bromborough – General Election Results 2024". BBC News.
  17. ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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