Steve Witherden

Steve Witherden
MP
Steve Witherden MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament; for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 July 2024
Preceded by	Craig Williams
Majority	3,815 (8.8%)
Personal details
Born	Wrexham, Wales
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Wales, Lampeter; University of Wales, Aberystwyth (PGCE)
Occupation	Politician; teacher; trade unionist;

Steve Witherden is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr since 2024.

Early life and career

Witherden was born in Wrexham, Wales.^[1] He received a degree in English Literature from the University of Wales, Lampeter, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.^[2]

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.^[3]

Before the election, Witherden was a national executive member of the NASUWT teachers’ union. In his maiden speech, Witherden said that "My own experiences made me want to become a teacher. I was statemented dyslexic and dyscalculic at a time when a lot of people did not believe in such terms. I was completely illiterate until the age of 11, and was placed in bottom sets at school for many years and written off by many.^[4]"

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".^[5]

In his maiden speech, Witherden said his priorities included the creation of Great British Energy and the elimination of zero hours contracts.^[4]