Mark Edwardson

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Mark Edwardson
Councillor for Congleton Town Council Central Ward
Assumed office
7 May 2023 [1]
Personal details
Born (1967-03-03) 3 March 1967 (age 56)
St Helens, Lancashire, England, UK
Political partyCongleton Independents [1]
OccupationLocal politician, former TV presenter and reporter

Mark Edwardson (born 1967) is a British local politician, former TV news presenter and reporter for BBC North West Tonight based at MediaCity UK in Salford. He is also a seasoned radio presenter, having hosted the breakfast shows at BBC Radio Stoke and BBC GMR.

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Early life

Mark Edwardson was born on 3 March 1967 at Cowley Hill Hospital in St Helens, Lancashire, and grew up in Haydock.[ citation needed ] He has one sister. Edwardson was educated at English Martyrs RC Primary School in Haydock; St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton in Makerfield; and St John Rigby College, Orrell. He graduated from Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, with an Honours Degree.[ citation needed ]

Career

Edwardson first worked as a rent collector for the local council in his hometown of St. Helens. After 18 months in the job, he got his first job in broadcasting by asking a radio station news editor if he needed help on a busy derby day in Manchester. [2] He survived the Hillsborough Disaster in Sheffield in April 1989, and presented an emotional special report on North West Tonight on the day of the 20th anniversary of the disaster in 2009. On 1 January 2021 he announced, while presenting an evening news bulletin, that it was his final appearance for BBC North West Tonight.

In an interview with the Congleton Chronicle in January 2023, Edwardson announced his plans to stand as an independent candidate for Congleton Town Council and Cheshire East Council at the 2023 United Kingdom local elections. [3] In late January 2023 Edwardson and two other independent candidates standing in the local elections in Congleton formed the Congleton Independents political party. [4] The party was formed because of a "plot to destroy" the chances of independent candidates in Congleton. [4] On 4 May 2023 Edwardson won election to Congleton Town Council as one of four councillors for Congleton Central West Ward. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Congleton Town Council Central Ward election results 2023". www.cheshireeast.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "BBC North West Tonight - Presenters - Mark Edwardson". BBC . 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Connolly, James (1 February 2023). "Hoping to broadcast his own success at elections". Congleton Chronicle . p. 9.
  4. 1 2 "Independents 'forced' to register as political party". Congleton Chronicle . 2 February 2023. p. 23.


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