Honorific Prefix: | Councillor |
Marie Goldman | |
Parliament: | United Kingdom |
Constituency Mp: | Chelmsford |
Predecessor: | Vicky Ford |
Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
Majority: | 4,753 (9.4%) |
Office1: | Member of Essex County Council for Chelmsford Central |
Term Start1: | 10 May 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Dick Madden |
Office2: | Member of Chelmsford City Council for Moulsham and Central |
Term Start2: | 6 May 2019 |
Party: | Liberal Democrats |
Spouse: | Simon Goldman |
Marie Clare Goldman[1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since 2024. She is the first non-Conservative politician to represent Chelmsford in 74 years.
Goldman is the deputy leader of Chelmsford City Council,[2] and was elected to the council at the 2019 and 2023 council elections for the ward of Moulsham and Central.[3] [4] She has been a member of Essex County Council for the division of Chelmsford Central since the 2021 council election.[5]
Goldman was selected by the Liberal Democrats to run in the 2019 general election in the constituency of Chelmsford, losing to the incumbent Conservative MP, Vicky Ford.
In March 2023, Goldman was re-selected as the candidate for Chelmsford.[6] She won in the 2024 general election, defeating Ford by a majority of 4,753 votes. Goldman is the first non-Conservative MP to serve Chelmsford since Ernest Millington, who was defeated in the 1950 general election.[7] [8]
Goldman runs a small construction business in Chelmsford with her husband, Simon Goldman, who also serves as a Chelmsford city councillor.[9] [10]