Steve Witherden | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forMontgomeryshire and Glyndŵr | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Craig Williams |
| Majority | 3,815 (8.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wrexham,Denbighshire, Wales |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Aberystwyth (PGCE) |
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Steve Witherden is a BritishLabour Party politician who has served asMember of Parliament forMontgomeryshire and Glyndŵr since2024. Ideologically on the left, he is a member of theSocialist Campaign Group.
Witherden was born inWrexham, Wales.[1] He earned a degree in English Literature from theUniversity of Wales, Lampeter, and aPostgraduate Certificate in Education from theUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth.[2]
Witherden worked as a teacher in his constituency for 18 years. He also served as a trade union representative from 2009 and as a county officer from 2015.[3]
Witherden is dyslexic and dyscalculic, and was illiterate until the age of 11. These experiences led him to become a teacher.[4]
Witherden won the Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr seat with a majority of 3,815 votes. The formerMontgomeryshire MP,Craig Williams, finished third. In his victory speech, Witherden stated that "Montgomeryshire is the only seat in Wales that had never had a Labour MP so history has been made here tonight".[5]
In his maiden speech, Witherden cited the creation of Great British Energy and the elimination of zero-hour contracts as his priorities.[4]
He sits on theWelsh Affairs Select Committee in Parliament.[6]
In November 2024, Witherden voted in favour of theTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, a proposal to legaliseassisted suicide.[7]
Witherden opposes the governments proposed welfare benefits reforms.[8]
Witherden is married and has two children, a son and a daughter.[3]
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