Ben Goldsborough | |
|---|---|
| Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for South Norfolk | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Bacon |
| Majority | 2,826 (5.7%) |
| Mayor of Flint | |
| In office 19 May 2023 –17 May 2024 | |
| Deputy | Mel Buckley |
| Preceded by | Michelle Perfect |
| Succeeded by | Mel Buckley |
| Deputy Mayor of Flint | |
| In office 20 May 2022 –19 May 2023 | |
| Mayor | Michelle Perfect |
| Preceded by | Mel Buckley |
| Succeeded by | Mel Buckley |
| Flint Town Councillor for Coleshill | |
| In office 6 May 2022 –4 July 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Hanson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 1990 (age 34) Suffolk,England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Other political affiliations | Welsh Labour |
| Education | Newmarket Upper School |
| Alma mater | University of Hull (BA) |
| Website | bengoldsborough |
Ben Goldsborough (born September 1990) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Norfolk since the 2024 general election. [1] Prior to his election as an MP,Goldsborough had served as a councillor on the Flint Town Council in Flintshire,Wales.
Goldsborough was born in September 1990 in Suffolk. [2] [3] [4] He attended Newmarket Upper School from 2003 to 2008 before graduating with a BA in British Politics and Legislative Studies from the University of Hull in 2015. [5] [6] Goldsborough grew up in Norfolk but later moved to Wales for work. [7]
From 2015 to 2019,Goldsborough served as a parliamentary assistant for David Hanson,then-MP for Delyn. [5] He was elected unopposed as a Labour councillor for Coleshill ward on the Flint Town Council in May 2022. [8] The same month,he ran for the Northop seat on Flintshire County Council and finished third out of six candidates in the election. [9] On 20 May 2022,Goldsborough was appointed Deputy Mayor of Flint on a one-year term. [10] In May 2023,he was appointed Mayor of Flint on a one-year term. [11]
Goldsborough initially sought the Labour parliamentary candidate nomination for Clwyd East in April 2023,but lost to eventual MP Becky Gittins. [12] [13] In May 2024,he was selected to stand as the Labour candidate for South Norfolk in the 2024 general election. [14] He won the constituency from the Conservative Party by a margin of 2,826 votes and became South Norfolk's first Labour MP since Christopher Mayhew,who held the seat from 1945 to 1950. [1] [15]
Goldsborough lives with his parents in Snetterton. [4] In February 2025,he revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage II melanoma. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ben Goldsborough | 17,353 | 35.0 | +11.6 | |
| Conservative | Poppy Simister-Thomas | 14,527 | 29.3 | −27.2 | |
| Reform UK | Chris Harrison | 7,583 | 15.3 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Brown | 5,746 | 11.6 | –5.4 | |
| Green | Catherine Rowett | 3,987 | 8.0 | +4.8 | |
| Independent | Paco Davila | 254 | 0.5 | New | |
| SDP | Jason Maguire | 129 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 2,826 | 5.7 | |||
| Turnout | 49,579 | 66.9 | –7.4 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Marion Bateman | 779 | 38.5 | ||
| Independent | Linda Thew | 736 | 36.4 | ||
| Labour | Ben Goldsborough | 617 | 30.5 | ||
| Independent | Paul Ashley | 417 | 20.6 | ||
| Independent | Tony Sharps | 395 | 19.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Uzma Sikander | 330 | 16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,021 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norma Davies | Unopposed | |||
| Labour | Russell Davies | Unopposed | |||
| Labour | Ben Goldsborough | Unopposed | |||
| Independent | Carol Griffiths | Unopposed | |||
| Labour | Michelle Perfect | Unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||