Marie Goldman
Marie Goldman | |
|---|---|
 Goldman in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Chelmsford | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Vicky Ford |
| Majority | 4,753 (9.4%) |
| Member of Essex County Council for Chelmsford Central | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Dick Madden |
| Member of Chelmsford City Council for Moulsham and Central | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse | Simon Goldman |
Marie Clare Goldman[1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since 2024. She is the first politician not from the Conservative Party to represent Chelmsford in 74 years.
Political career
[edit]Goldman is the deputy leader of Chelmsford City Council,[2] and was elected to the council at the 2019 and 2023 council elections for the ward of Moulsham and Central.[3][4] She has been a member of Essex County Council for the division of Chelmsford Central since the 2021 council election.[5]
Goldman was selected by the Liberal Democrats to run in the 2019 general election in the constituency of Chelmsford, losing to the incumbent Conservative MP, Vicky Ford.
In March 2023, Goldman was re-selected as the candidate for Chelmsford.[6] She won in the 2024 general election, defeating Ford by a majority of 4,753 votes. Goldman is the first non-Conservative MP to serve Chelmsford since Ernest Millington, who was defeated in the 1950 general election.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Goldman runs a small construction business in Chelmsford with her husband, Simon Goldman, who also serves as a Chelmsford city councillor.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Weight, Julie (29 April 2021). "Who's standing for election on 6 May?". City Life. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Councillor Marie Goldman". Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Local election results". Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Local election results: Moulsham and Central". Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Marie Goldman". Essex County Council. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Pack, Mark (4 March 2023). "Marie Goldman re-selected for Chelmsford". Mark Pack. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "1950 - 1950 General Election - Chelmsford". webtest.parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Whitehouse, Ellis (5 July 2024). "Chelmsford election results: Chelmsford votes Lib Dem for first time as former Tory MP Vicky Ford defeated". Essex Live. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Register of interests for city councillors: Simon Goldman". Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Marie Goldman for Chelmsford in the UK Parliamentary general election". Who Can I Vote For?. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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[edit]- Living people
- 21st-century British women politicians
- UK MPs 2024–present
- Members of Essex County Council
- Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors
- Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Women councillors in England
- UK councillors 2019–2023
- UK councillors 2021–2025
- UK councillors 2023–2027