Background
Morden was born in Surrey, England and brought up in Cwmbran and educated at Croesyceiliog School before reading History at University of Birmingham.
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Jessica Morden
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University of Birmingham.
Career
In 1991 Morden worked for Huw Edwards, Member of Parliament for Monmouth and between 1992 and 1995 she worked for Llew Smith, Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent. Before becoming an Member of Parliament, Morden was General Secretary of the Wales Labour Party and organized some of the election campaigns for the 1997 election. Morden was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Newport East in 2005 by the all-women shortlists method.
She was elected as the first female Member of Parliament in South East Wales with a 6,800 majority.
Within approved guidelines, Morden used some of the expenses allowance which was unspent from the previous year to provide additional office space after having a baby. The previous year she claimed £133,592, the 406th highest that year.
Morden was re-elected at the 2015 general election with an increased majority of 4,705. Morden is one of nine presidents of The Young People"s Trust for the Environment.
Membership
54th United Kingdom Parliament. 55th United Kingdom Parliament. 56th United Kingdom Parliament]
Morden claimed a total of £167,060 in expenses in 2007/08, the 30th highest amount claimed by the 643 members of the House of Commons.
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Labour Party