Madeleine Moon (born 27 March 1950) is a

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politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from

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, when she lost her seat to the Welsh Conservative candidate Katie Wallis.

Early life

Born in

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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

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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

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from 1980 to 1996, then for Swansea Council from 1996 to 2002. She launched Crossroads (a charity that supports carers) in

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. 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

for over 29 years, is a former mayor of

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

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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

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in the failed attempt to replace

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in the 2016 Labour leadership election. In November 2018 she was elected in

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as President of the

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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

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Katie Wallis.

Expenses

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'', which extensively covered MPs' expenses during the

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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

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; the couple had one son David, born in May 1984. Her husband died in March 2015.

References

External links

* ''official constituency website''
Madeleine Moon MP
Welsh Labour Party profile * ;News articles

Furniture expenses in May 2009

Meet the MP in November 2005
;Audio clips
Suicides in February 2008
;Video clips * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moon, Madeleine 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