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
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
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

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.

External links

• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at Public Whip
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou