Melanie Onn

Melanie Onn
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Great Grimsby (2015–2019)
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byLia Nici
Majority4,803 (13.1%)
In office
7 May 2015 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byAustin Mitchell
Succeeded byLia Nici
Personal details
Born (1979-06-19) 19 June 1979 (age 45)
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materMiddlesex University (BA)
Websitemelanieonn.com

Melanie Onn (born 19 June 1979) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as MP for Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019.

Onn was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2015 to 2016, and a Shadow Minister for Housing from 2017 to 2019. At the 2019 general election, she was defeated by Lia Nici, the Conservative candidate.[1]

After leaving Parliament, Onn served as Deputy Chief Executive of RenewableUK from 2020 to 2023. At the 2024 general election, she was elected as MP for the new constituency of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, defeating Nici in a rematch.[2]

  1. ^ "Historic night as Grimsby elects first Tory MP in 74 years". Grimsbylive. 13 December 2019 – via www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Melanie Onn rebuilds Labour's red wall in Grimsby and Cleethorpes". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.