Dan Aldridge | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | John Penrose |
Majority | 4,409 (10.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | August 24,1984 |
Political party | Labour |
Education | Weston College University of Exeter Northumbria University (MSc) |
Daniel Colin Aldridge [1] (born 24 August 1984) [2] is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he is the first from his party to represent the constituency.
Aldridge is originally from Stoke-on-Trent. His sister is a nurse in Weston who worked through the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
Aldridge studied for his A-levels at Weston College,before studying psychology at the University of Exeter and obtaining a MSc from Northumbria University.
Prior to the 2024 general election,Aldridge was the Head of Policy at the British Computer Society. [4] He previously worked for the Office for Students,the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the charity Stonewall. [4]
On 13 March 2024,Aldridge was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the constituency of Weston-super-Mare for the 2024 general election by local party members at a hustings event at The Royal Hotel. He was selected from a short-list of three,which included former MEP Alex Mayer.
He won 16,310 votes in the election with a majority of 4,409 votes,defeating the incumbent MP John Penrose. [5] [6] He became the first Labour MP to represent the constituency. [7]
In November 2024,Aldridge voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [8]
Aldridge permanently moved to Weston in 2001 with his parents and siblings,having been there on a caravan holiday the previous year. [9]
In 2024,PinkNews listed Aldridge among a number of out LGBTQ+ parliamentarians. [10]
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