Marie Goldman | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Chelmsford | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Vicky Ford |
Majority | 4,753 (9.4%) |
Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
2024–2025 | Leader of the House of Commons |
2025–present | Women and Equalities |
Member of Essex County Council for Chelmsford Central | |
In office 10 May 2021 –19 March 2025 | |
Member of Chelmsford City Council for Moulsham and Central | |
In office 6 May 2019 –19 March 2025 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Spouse | Simon Goldman |
Marie Clare Goldman [1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since 2024. She is the first non-Conservative politician to represent Chelmsford in 74 years. She is the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Women and Equalities.
Goldman took her A-levels at Exeter College,Devon,and then gained a BA in French and management studies in 2000 at Royal Holloway,University of London. [2]
Goldman was the deputy leader of Chelmsford City Council from 2019 until August 2024, [3] having been elected to the council at the 2019 and 2023 council elections for the ward of Moulsham and Central. [4] [5] She has been a member of Essex County Council for the division of Chelmsford Central since the 2021 council election. [6]
Goldman was selected by the Liberal Democrats to run in the 2019 general election in the constituency of Chelmsford,losing to the incumbent Conservative MP,Vicky Ford.
In March 2023,Goldman was re-selected as the candidate for Chelmsford. [7] She won in the 2024 general election,defeating Ford by a majority of 4,753 votes. Goldman is the first non-Conservative MP to serve Chelmsford since Ernest Millington,who was defeated in the 1950 general election. [8] [9]
On 18 September 2024,Ed Davey announced his new Frontbench Team with Goldman appointed as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. [10] In September 2025 she was moved to the role of Women and Equalities Spokesperson. [11]
Goldman runs a small construction business in Chelmsford with her husband,Simon Goldman,who also serves as a Chelmsford city councillor. [12] [13]