Marie Tidball is a British Labour politician and disability rights campaigner, who has been the Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge since 2024.
Marie Tidball | |
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 Tidball in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Miriam Cates |
| Majority | 8,739 (19.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | Penistone Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | https://www.marietidball.com/ |
Early life
editShe was born with a congenital disability which affects all four limbs, with foreshortened arms and legs and a digit on each underdeveloped hand.[1][2] As a child she missed three years of school because of the surgery needed.[3]
She grew up in Penistone and Stocksbridge, and attended Penistone Grammar School. Her mother was a nursery head and her father was a teacher and Labour county councillor, who helped found Barnsley College.[1]
Education and early career
editTidball studied Law at Wadham College, Oxford, followed by a journalism internship at Channel 4 News.[4] She returned to Oxford to do a Master of Science (MSc) degree in criminology and criminal justice. Her MSc dissertation was titled Mad, Bad or Disabled?. She then worked as policy and legal officer for Autism West Midlands in Birmingham.[4]
She was a founding director and coordinator of the Oxford University disability law and policy project.[5] She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 2017: her doctoral thesis was titled "The governance of adult defendants with autism through English criminal justice policy and criminal court practice" and her doctoral supervisor was Carolyn Hoyle.[6]
Oxford councillor
editTidball has been called one of the country's leading disability rights campaigners by the Barnsley Chronicle.[7] From 2016–2022 she was a Labour Councillor for Oxford City Council.[3][8] In the 2017 election she stood for parliament in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, finishing third.[3][9]
Parliamentary career
editIn June 2022, Tidball was selected to stand as the Labour candidate for the 2024 election, with the backing of multiple trade unions, as well as Dan Jarvis, Stephanie Peacock and David Blunkett.[10] In July 2024, she was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penistone and Stocksbridge.[11][12]
In September 2024, Tidball unsuccessfully stood for election as Chair of the Education Select Committee.[13][14]
Personal life
editShe has a daughter.[15]
Selected works
edit- Tidball, Marie (2024). Disabling criminal justice: the governance of autistic adult defendants in the English criminal justice system. Oxford; New York: Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781509956968.
References
edit- ^ a b Halliday, Josh (22 June 2024). "'For 14 years it's been despicable. Enough's enough': in the 'red wall', Tory support is crumbling". The Observer. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Billson, Chantelle (5 July 2024). "Anti-trans Conservative Miriam Cates loses seat to Labour". PinkNews. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Sebestyen, Roland (20 June 2024). "General election: Labour's Marie Tidball aims to 'smash that glass ceiling' as an MP in Sheffield". The Star. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Marie Tidball | Faculty of Law". www.law.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Book Launch: 'Disabling Criminal Justice' by Marie Tidball". Faculty of Law. University of Oxford. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Tidball, Marie (2017). The governance of adult defendants with autism through English criminal justice policy and criminal court practice (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Timlin, Josh (17 June 2022). "Labour candidate launches bid". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Aslett, Chloe (5 July 2024). "General Election 2024: Who is my new MP? Sheffield results and MP voting records revealed". The Star. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Tidball, Marie (24 May 2017). "'My mum has been driver, cook and canvasser. The state leaves a gaping hole'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Andrews, Danielle (1 August 2022). "Labour name Penistone and Stocksbridge candidate for next election". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "South Yorkshire election results see clean sweep for Labour". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Penistone and Stocksbridge". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Stacey, Kiran (10 September 2024). "Newly elected MP defends decision to run for select committee chair". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Helen Hayes elected as Chair of Education Committee". UK Parliament. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "OBS Story - Dr Marie Tidball". Oxfordshire Breastfeeding Support. January 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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