Max Madden Explained

Max Madden
Office1:Member of Parliament
for Bradford West
Term1:9 June 1983 - 8 April 1997
Predecessor1:Edward Lyons
Successor1:Marsha Singh
Office2:Member of Parliament
for Sowerby
Term2:28 February 1974 - 7 April 1979
Predecessor2:Douglas Houghton
Successor2:Donald Thompson
Party:Labour
Birth Date:29 October 1941

Maxwell Francis Madden (born 29 October 1941) is a British journalist and Labour Party politician.

Parliamentary career

Madden unsuccessfully fought Sudbury and Woodbridge in 1966, coming second.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sowerby at the February 1974 election, which he lost to the Conservatives in 1979.

From 1983 until 1997, he was MP for Bradford West before being deselected and replaced as Labour candidate by Marsha Singh.