14 Facts About Madeleine Moon

Madeleine Moon went to Madeley College of Education, gaining a Cert Ed in 1971, then Keele University, where she gained a BEd in 1972.

Madeleine Moon worked in social services for Mid Glamorgan County Council from 1980 to 1996, then for Swansea Council from 1996 to 2002.

Madeleine Moon 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.

Madeleine Moon was elected MP for the Bridgend constituency at the 2005 general election.

Madeleine Moon was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Drayson, Minister for Science in the Department for Science, Innovation and Skills.

In 2007 and 2008, Madeleine Moon received a higher public profile due to an increased number of suicides of young people in her constituency.

Madeleine Moon agreed with South Wales Police that the suicides are not connected but has been critical of media coverage.

Madeleine Moon has written and spoken extensively on prison reform and policing.

Madeleine Moon supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.

Madeleine Moon became a member of the UK Delegation to the Assembly in 2010.

Madeleine Moon stood in the 2019 general election but lost her seat to Conservative Jamie Wallis.

The Daily Telegraph, which extensively covered MPs' expenses during the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, reported that Madeleine Moon had claimed for furniture items bought near her primary residence in Wales; claims are allowed for her second home in London but not for her primary residence in Wales.

Madeleine Moon said that the furniture, though bought in Wales, was indeed for her second home in London.

Madeleine Moon married the ecologist Steve Moon in 1983 in Ogwr, Mid Glamorgan; the couple had one son David, born in May 1984.