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%) |
Member of Essex County Council for Chelmsford Central | |
Assumed office 10 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Dick Madden |
Member of Chelmsford City Council for Moulsham and Central | |
Assumed office 6 May 2019 | |
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.
Goldman is the deputy leader of Chelmsford City Council, [2] and was elected to the council at the 2019 and 2023 council elections for the ward of Moulsham and Central. [3] [4] She has been a member of Essex County Council for the division of Chelmsford Central since the 2021 council election. [5]
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. [6] 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. [7] [8]
Goldman runs a small construction business in Chelmsford with her husband,Simon Goldman,who also serves as a Chelmsford city councillor. [9] [10]
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