Madeleine Moon (born 27 March 1950) is a
British Labour Party
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politician, who was the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Bridgend
Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the Old Bridge, Bridgend, medieval bridge over the River Og ...
from
2005
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to
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, when she lost her seat to the
Welsh Conservative candidate
Katie Wallis.
Early life
Born in
North East England
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, Madeleine attended Whinney Hill Secondary Modern Girls' School (now part of
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School) then Durham Girls' Grammar School (became the sixth form of Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre). She went to Madeley College of Education (later part of
North Staffordshire Polytechnic), gaining a
Cert Ed in 1971, then
Keele University
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, where she gained a
BEd in 1972. From
University College, Cardiff she gained a
CQSW and Diploma in Social Work (DipSW) in 1980.
She worked in social services for
Mid Glamorgan County Council
Mid Glamorgan County Council () was the upper-tier authority for the Welsh county of Mid Glamorgan between its creation in 1974 and its abolition in 1996.
History
Local government in England and Wales was reorganised in 1974 under the Local Gove ...
from 1980 to 1996, then for Swansea Council from 1996 to 2002.
She launched Crossroads (a charity that supports carers) in
Porthcawl
Porthcawl () is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is located on the south coast, west of Cardiff and south-east of Swansea.
Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the South ...
. She represented Bridgend Council on the Sports Council for Wales, on Tourism South and West Wales and was National Chair of the British Resorts Association from 1999 to 2001.
Parliamentary career
Moon has lived and worked around
Bridgend
Bridgend (; or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the Old Bridge, Bridgend, medieval bridge over the River Og ...
for over 29 years, is a former mayor of
Porthcawl
Porthcawl () is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is located on the south coast, west of Cardiff and south-east of Swansea.
Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the South ...
and was a councillor for Porthcawl for 13 years. She was elected MP for the
Bridgend constituency at the
2005 general election.
Madeleine Moon was
Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to
Lord Drayson, Minister for Science in the Department for Science, Innovation and Skills.
In 2007 and 2008, Moon received a higher public profile due to an
increased number of suicides of young people in her constituency. She agreed with
South Wales Police
South Wales Police (; SWP) is one of the four territorial police forces in Wales. It is headquartered in Bridgend.
The force was formed as South Wales Constabulary on 1 June 1969, by the amalgamation of the former Glamorgan Constabulary, Car ...
that the suicides are not connected but has been critical of media coverage.
Madeleine Moon has written and spoken extensively on prison reform and policing. In 2014 she called for the armed forces to overhaul their policies on investigating bullying.
She supported
Owen Smith
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in the failed attempt to replace
Jeremy Corbyn
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in the
2016 Labour leadership election.
In November 2018 she was elected in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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as President of the
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
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. She also became a member of the UK Delegation to the Assembly in 2010.
She stood in the
2019 general election but
lost her seat to
Conservative
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Katie Wallis.
Expenses
''
The Daily Telegraph
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'', which extensively covered MPs' expenses during the
United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal
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, reported that Moon had claimed for furniture items bought near her primary residence in Wales; claims are allowed for her second home in London but not for her primary residence in Wales. She said that the furniture, though bought in Wales, was indeed for her second home in London.
Personal life
She married the ecologist Steve Moon in 1983 in
Ogwr
The Borough status in the United Kingdom, Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Wales, districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996.
History
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the Urban district ...
,
Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan () is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996 it was also an administrative county with a county council.
Mid Glamorgan was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It consisted of part of the former adminis ...
; the couple had one son David, born in May 1984. Her husband died in March 2015.
References
External links
* ''official constituency website''
Madeleine Moon MPWelsh Labour Party profile
*
;News articles
Furniture expenses in May 2009Meet the MP in November 2005;Audio clips
Suicides in February 2008;Video clips
*
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1950 births
Living people
Welsh Labour MPs
Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Welsh constituencies
Members of Bridgend County Borough Council
Politicians from Sunderland
Politicians from Tyne and Wear
Politicians from Durham, England
Mayors of places in Wales
Alumni of Keele University
Alumni of Cardiff University
English social workers
Women mayors of places in Wales
English women in politics
Politics of Bridgend County Borough
21st-century British women politicians
UK MPs 2005–2010
UK MPs 2010–2015
UK MPs 2015–2017
UK MPs 2017–2019
21st-century English women
21st-century English politicians
Women councillors in Wales