British Labour politician
Madeleine Moon (born 27 March ) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend from to , when she lost her seat to the Welsh Conservative candidate Jamie Wallis.
Born in North East England, 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 , then Keele University, where she gained a BEd in From University College, Cardiff she gained a CQSW and Diploma in Social Work (DipSW) in [1]
She worked in social services for Mid Glamorgan County Council from to , then for Swansea Council from to
She launched Crossroads (a charity that supports carers) in Porthcawl. 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 to
Moon has lived and worked around Bridgend for over 29 years, is a former mayor of Porthcawl and was a councillor for Porthcawl for 13 years. She was elected MP for the Bridgend constituency at the general election.
Madeleine Moon was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lord Drayson, Minister for Science in the Department for Science, Innovation and Skills.
In and , 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 that the suicides are not connected but has been critical of media coverage.[2]
Madeleine Moon has written and spoken extensively on prison reform and policing. In she called for the armed forces to overhaul their policies on investigating bullying.[3]
She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election.[4]
In November she was elected in Halifax, Nova Scotia as President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. She also became a member of the UK Delegation to the Assembly in [5][6]
She stood in the general election but lost her seat to ConservativeJamie Wallis.[7]
The Daily Telegraph, which extensively covered MPs' expenses during the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, 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.[8]
She married the ecologist Steve Moon in in Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan; the couple had one son David, born in May Her husband died in March [9]