Steve Witherden

British politician

Steve Witherden MP
Official portrait, 2024

Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Constituency created.
Majority	3,815 (8.8%)

Personal details
Political party	Labour

Steve Witherden (born c. 1982)^[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr since 2024.

Witherden had been a teacher in the constituency for 18 years, also acting as a trade union representative since 2009 and county officer since 2015.^[1]

Political career

Witherden won the Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr seat with a 3,815 vote majority. The former Montgomeryshire MP, Craig Williams, came third. In Witherden's victory speech he mentioned that "Montgomeryshire is the only seat in Wales that had never had a Labour MP so history has been made here tonight".^[2]

Personal life

Witherden is married and has a son and daughter.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr - Steve Witherden". Welsh Labour. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "General Election 2024: Labour win Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr seat". The Leader. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.