Matthew Patrick | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Wirral West | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Greenwood |
| Majority | 9,998 (20.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1987or1988(age 36–37) [1] |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University |
Matthew John Patrick [2] is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral West since 2024.
He was born and brought up in Birkenhead,Merseyside,England. [1] Patrick's parents worked in primary and secondary education. He attended Liverpool John Moores University,and was the first in his family to attend university. During his time at university,Patrick worked full time at a mortgage broker to fund living costs. [3]
Patrick joined the Labour party in 2010. [3] He was previously a Labour member of Wirral Council from 2013 to 2018 and is considered to be on the Labour Party's centrist wing. [4] His 2013 election in a ward in Upton,Merseyside came with a 4.5% swing to Labour. [5] Patrick has worked for the Financial Ombudsman Service; [1] after leaving Wirral council in 2018 he worked in financial regulation [3] in London. [5] Immediately prior to taking office,Patrick worked as a Senior Communications Manager for Pay.UK,an operator and standards body for inter-bank financial transactions. [6]
Patrick put himself forward as the Labour candidate for Wirral West in 2023. The selection process was controversial,with several members resigning from posts because of the candidate choices on the four-person shortlist. [5] [7] In March 2024,before the election was called but after his selection as candidate,Patrick went on a fully-funded four-day visit to Israel funded by Labour Friends of Israel. The purpose of the visit was for education and to meet with important political figures. [6] In the 2024 general election,he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral West with 23,156 votes (46.4%) and a majority of 9,998 over the second place Conservative candidate. [8]
In November 2024,Patrick was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the departments for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) and Science,Innovation and Technology (DSIT). [9]
He is Jewish,and swore an oath to Charles III on the Torah during the State Opening of Parliament. [10] [11] He supports West Bromwich Albion. [1]
The Metropolitan Borough of Wirral is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside,in North West England. It has a population of 322,453 (2022),and encompasses 62 square miles (161 km2) of the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula. Major settlements include Birkenhead,Wallasey,Bebington,Heswall,Hoylake and West Kirby. It is one of the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region,a combined authority area with a population of more than 1.5 million.
Frank Ernest Field,Baron Field of Birkenhead,was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead for 40 years,from 1979 to 2019,serving as a Labour MP until 2018 and thereafter sitting as an independent. In 2019,he formed the Birkenhead Social Justice Party and stood unsuccessfully as its sole candidate in the 2019 election. After leaving the House of Commons,he was awarded a life peerage in 2020 and sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
David James Fletcher Hunt,Baron Hunt of Wirral,is a British Conservative politician who served as a member of the Cabinet during the Thatcher and Major ministries,and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1990.
Birkenhead is a constituency in Merseyside represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Alison McGovern of the Labour Party.
Wirral West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Matthew Patrick of the Labour Party since 2024.
Wirral South was a constituency in Merseyside in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1997 until 2024 by members of the Labour Party.
Wallasey is a constituency in Merseyside created in 1918 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Angela Eagle,a member of the Labour Party.
The ceremonial county of Merseyside, created in 1974,is divided into 16 parliamentary constituencies. Three seats cross the county boundary - two are shared with Cheshire and one with Lancashire.
Esther Louise,Lady Davies,styled as Esther McVey,is a British Conservative Party politician and television presenter who has been serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton since 2017,and served as the MP for Wirral West from 2010 to 2015. She previously served in cabinet as Minister of State for Employment from 2013 to 2015,Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2018,Minister of State for Housing and Planning from 2019 to 2020 and Minister of State without Portfolio from 2023 to 2024.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council elections are held every four years from 2023 onwards,having previously been held three years out of every four for a third of the council at a time. Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,generally known as Wirral Council,is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wirral in Merseyside,England.
Wirral was a county constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983,elected by the first past the post voting system.
Stephen Roxby Dodds was an English lawyer and Liberal politician.
Alison McGovern is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead since 2024,and previously Wirral South since 2010. She has served as Minister of State for Employment since July 2024.
David Burgess-Joyce was the Chief Officer of Merseyside Police Special Constabulary. He served from 1982 and was Head of Organisation Development for the Serious Organised Crime Agency from 2004 until he was either dismissed for gross misconduct in 2013 or retired in early 2014. Details of the alleged misconduct were not revealed,but were reported to have potentially involved improper expenses claims. He denied any such conduct,saying "I totally refute any allegations of untoward expenses claims on my part during my time working with the agency," and saying he had actually retired in early 2014 due to ill health.
Bradbury Fields is a charity based in Liverpool,UK,which works with blind and partially sighted people. It has been described by the BBC as "Liverpool's main charity for the blind" and is part of the 800 Group,a consortium of Merseyside health and care charities.
Wirral Council,or Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside,England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority since 2014.
The 2018 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
The 2019 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
Phillip Leslie Davies,is a British Labour politician and former Leader of Wirral Council.
Michael Whitley is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead from 2019 to 2024.
   | This article about a Labour Party member of Parliament representing an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |