Justin Madders
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Justin Madders
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 Official portrait, 2020
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| Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2021 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health | |
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In office 10 April 2020 – 4 December 2021 |
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| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office re-established |
| Succeeded by | Feryal Clark |
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In office 18 September 2015 – 14 March 2019 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Jamie Reed |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | |
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In office 10 July 2018 – 14 March 2019 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Ellesmere Port and Neston | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| 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.
Early life and education
Madders studied law at the University of Sheffield and worked as a solicitor, specialising in employment law, before entering politics.
Political career
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.
In the 2005 general election, Madders unsuccessfully stood in the safe Conservative seat of Tatton, coming second to the sitting MP, George Osborne. He won 23.5% of the vote, a decrease of 3.8% from the 2001 general election.
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.
In September 2015, Madders was appointed the Shadow Minister for Secondary Care, Workforce and Patient Health. 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.
He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.
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.
Madders was appointed the Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up in July 2018, before also resigning this post in March 2019.
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%.
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. He left this post in December 2021, when he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Business, Employment Rights and Levelling Up.
Personal life
He is married and has three children.