MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Justin Madders is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough, first elected in 2015. He has held government and opposition roles, including serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (July 2024–September 2025), and since October 2025 sits on the Business and Trade Committee and the Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls. Earlier in his career he has held several shadow ministerial roles, including in health and employment rights and protections, and policy work on the future of work.
He votes with his party on all recorded votes (100% party loyalty) and has a relatively high attendance rate (78% vs party average 33%). He has 8 rebel votes against the party. On policy topics, his record shows a mix of positions, with support for NHS funding and bus services regulation, and opposition to tighter immigration controls, a stricter asylum system, and the Rwanda deportation scheme.
Declared financial interests include miscellaneous (1 entry) and visits outside the UK (1 entry).
Generated 21 February 2026
15 positions
Business and Trade Committee
Since Oct 2025
Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls
Since Oct 2025
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
May 2025 - May 2025
Employment Rights Bill
Nov 2024 - Jan 2025
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Jul 2024 - Sept 2025
Shadow Minister (Employment Rights and Protections)
Sept 2023 - May 2024
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill)
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Shadow Minister (Business and Industrial Strategy)
Dec 2021 - Sept 2023
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted against immigration controls
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
has generally voted for nhs funding
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada
8 Feb 2017
Restoration and Renewal (No. 1) amdt (c)
31 Jan 2018
UK's withdrawal from the European Union: Sarah Wollaston's amendment (h)
14 Mar 2019
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote)
27 Mar 2019
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1
13 Jun 2025
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
