Elsie Blundell Explained

Elsie Blundell
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Member of Parliament
for Heywood and Middleton North
Term Start:4 July 2024
Predecessor:Chris Clarkson
Majority:6,082 (16.4%)
Birth Name:Elsie Jane Wraighte
Birth Place:Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Alma Mater:University of Manchester
Party:Labour

Elsie-Jane Blundell (née Wraighte; born August 1990)[1] is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton North since 2024.

Early life and education

Blundell is from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.[2] She attended Ulverston Victoria High School and Barrow Sixth Form College. The first person in her family to go to university, she studied politics and international relations at the University of Manchester, graduating in 2012. She moved to Rochdale in 2015.[3]

Political career

Since 2019, she has been a Labour and Co-operative councillor for the Balderstone and Kirkholt of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council; she was re-elected in 2022 and 2023.[4] [5]

In the 2024 general election, Blundell was elected as a Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton North with 15,069 votes (40.6%) and a majority of 6,082.[6]

Personal life

In 2022, she married John Blundell, a fellow councillor on Rochdale Borough Council.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elsie Wraighte appointments. Companies House. 14 July 2024.
  2. News: Interview with Elsie Wraighte . 9 July 2024 . Real Rochdale . Autumn 2019 . 2019.
  3. Web site: Labour picks councillor to stand in Heywood & Middleton at next general election. Rochdale Online. Nick. Statham. 8 March 2023. 8 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Councillor details: Councillor Elsie Blundell . democracy.rochdale.gov.uk . Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council . 9 July 2024 . 9 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Council . Rochdale Metropolitan Borough . Election results for Balderstone and Kirkholt, 5 May 2022 . democracy.rochdale.gov.uk . 9 July 2024 . 5 May 2022 . Elsie-Jane Wraighte Labour and Co-operative 1062 20% Elected.
  6. Web site: Heywood and Middleton North - General election results 2024 . BBC News . 5 July 2024 . 5 July 2024.
  7. News: Akhtar . Saima . Rochdale councillors tie the knot one day after they are both re-elected . 9 July 2024 . Manchester Evening News . 17 May 2022 . en.