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Madeleine Moon MP
	Madeleine Moon MP
	Member of Parliament; for Bridgend
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Win Griffiths
Majority	6,523 (17.2%)
Born	27 March 1950 (age 59); Sunderland, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Steve Moon

Madeleine Moon (born 27 March 1950, Sunderland) is the Labour Member of Parliament for Bridgend. She was elected in the 2005 general election, after Win Griffiths stood down.

[edit] Early Life

Born in the North East of England, Moon attended Whinney Hill Girls School, Durham Girls' Grammar School, Madeley College of Education, Keele University and Cardiff University.^[1] She is married to ecologist Steve, with one son David.

She launched Crossroads^{[clarification needed]} in Porthcawl, caring for carers. She represented Bridgend Council on the Sports Council for Wales, on Tourism South and West Wales and was National Chair of the British Resorts Association from 1999 to 2001.

[edit] Parliamentary career

Moon has lived and worked around Bridgend for over 29 years, is former mayor of Porthcawl and has been a councillor for Porthcawl for 13 years. She was elected MP for the Bridgend constituency in 2005.

Madeleine Moon is Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lord Drayson, Minister for Science in the Department for Science, Innovation and Skills.

In 2007 and 2008, Moon received a higher public profile due to an increased number of suicides of young people from her constituency. She has agreed with South Wales Police that the suicides are not connected but has been critical of media coverage.^[2]

Madeleine Moon has written and spoken extensively on prison reform, policing and is the founder and a member of the all party group on furniture in the House of Commons.

[edit] References

^ Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron. "The Almanac of British Politics". Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=YnAmle9e7AMC&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=%22Madeleine+Moon%22+born+sunderland&source=bl&ots=QvS66cExCK&sig=fuetM0oRyQVC8YFNbIwhy9DsF4M&hl=nl&ei=iGiVSZXPOJWn-ga4ocnzCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
^ Sweney, Mark (7 February). "MP attacks Bridgend coverage". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/07/pressandpublishing.television. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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Preceded by Win Griffiths	Member of Parliament for Bridgend 2005–present	Incumbent

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[0] Waller, Robert; Criddle, Byron. "The Almanac of British Politics". Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=YnAmle9e7AMC&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=%22Madeleine+Moon%22+born+sunderland&source=bl&ots=QvS66cExCK&sig=fuetM0oRyQVC8YFNbIwhy9DsF4M&hl=nl&ei=iGiVSZXPOJWn-ga4ocnzCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result. Retrieved 2009-02-12.

[1] Sweney, Mark (7 February). "MP attacks Bridgend coverage". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/07/pressandpublishing.television. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

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Contents

[edit] Early Life

[edit] Parliamentary career

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Offices Held