| Alice Macdonald | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Constituency Mp: | Norwich North |
| Termstart: | 4 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Chloe Smith |
| Majority: | 10,850 (23.7%) |
| Office1: | Member of Southwark London Borough Council for Newington |
| Term Start1: | 7 May 2018 |
| Term End1: | 29 June 2023 |
| Birth Place: | Norwich, England |
| Birth Date: | 1983 4, df=y |
| Party: | Labour and Co-operative |
| Parents: | Irene[1] and John Macdonald |
| Education: | |
Alice Macdonald (born 1 April 1983) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich North since 2024. She is the daughter of former West Norfolk Council Labour leader Irene Macdonald.[2]
Macdonald grew up in Marham and attended the Downham Market comprehensive high school, then commuted to a sixth form in Cambridge.[3] She studied French and Italian at the University of Bristol in 2005, then went on to study a Master of the Arts in International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London, where she graduated in 2007.[4] [5]
Macdonald served as a councillor in the Newington ward of Southwark from 7 May 2018 to 29 June 2023.[6] On the 25 July 2022 she was announced as the official Labour parliamentary candidate for Norwich North. She has also served as a senior adviser to Harriet Harman and Bob Ainsworth.[7]
Macdonald was Campaigns and Policy Director for London-based company Project Everyone between August 2016 and April 2023.[8] Project Everyone was co-founded by Richard Curtis and is dedicated to "achieving sustainable development goals" via "campaign materials, [...] installations, [...] documentaries, [and] events".[9] Macdonald also served as Campaign Director for Hungry for Action Campaign, who aim to spotlight the global food crisis, but resigned from this position upon becoming MP.[10]
Macdonald was a Director of the Potter Fields Park Management Trust, a not-for-profit organisation that manages events and maintenance for a park and a churchyard in Southwark.[11] The appointment lasted from 21 July 2021 until 28 November 2022, when she resigned from her position.[12]
In 2022, Macdonald announced she would be standing for the Labour parliamentary candidacy against Karen Davis, who stood in the 2019 general election against Conservative incumbent Chloe Smith. In response to a video by Macdonald supporting her own candidacy, Emma Corlett, the deputy leader of Norfolk County Council, remarked: "This video literally uses photos from Karen Davis' campaign on holiday hunger and has you walking past the Vote Labour boards she and I put up with our bare (splintered) hands."
Macdonald was elected to represent Norwich North at the 2024 general election. She received 20,794 votes, a 45.4% share of the vote and a majority of 10,850. There were six candidates and a turnout of 62%.[13]
The result was a 18.2% swing to Labour from 2019. The unpopularity of the Conservatives in her area was the deciding factor in a result that also saw significant vote share increase for Reform and The Green Party.