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Elsie Blundell

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Elsie Blundell
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Heywood and Middleton North
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byChris Clarkson
Majority6,082 (16.4%)
Personal details
Born
Elsie Jane Wraighte

August 1990 (age 34)
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
John Blundell
(m. 2022)
Alma materUniversity of Manchester

Elsie-Jane Blundell (née Wraighte; born August 1990)[1] is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton North since 2024.

Early life and education

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Blundell is from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.[2] She attended Ulverston Victoria High School and Barrow Sixth Form College. The first person in her family to go to university, she studied politics and international relations at the University of Manchester, graduating in 2012. She moved to Rochdale in 2015.[3]

Political career

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Since 2019, she has been a Labour and Co-operative councillor for the Balderstone and Kirkholt of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council; she was re-elected in 2022 and 2023.[4][5]

In the 2024 general election, Blundell was elected as a Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton North with 15,069 votes (40.6%) and a majority of 6,082.[6]

Personal life

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In 2022, she married John Blundell, a fellow councillor on Rochdale Borough Council.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Elsie Wraighte appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Interview with Elsie Wraighte". Real Rochdale. No. Autumn 2019. 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ Statham, Nick (8 March 2023). "Labour picks councillor to stand in Heywood & Middleton at next general election". Rochdale Online. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Councillor details: Councillor Elsie Blundell". democracy.rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough (5 May 2022). "Election results for Balderstone and Kirkholt, 5 May 2022". democracy.rochdale.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2024. Elsie-Jane Wraighte Labour and Co-operative 1062 20% Elected
  6. ^ "Heywood and Middleton North - General election results 2024". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ Akhtar, Saima (17 May 2022). "Rochdale councillors tie the knot one day after they are both re-elected". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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