Jessica Morden | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Official portrait, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party | |||||||||||||||
Assumed office 17 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Leader | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Cryer | ||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament for Newport East | |||||||||||||||
Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Alan Howarth | ||||||||||||||
Majority | 1,992 (5.5%) | ||||||||||||||
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General Secretary of Welsh Labour | |||||||||||||||
In office 1999–2005 | |||||||||||||||
Leader | Alun Michael Rhodri Morgan | ||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Anita Gale | ||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Chris Roberts | ||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||
Born | Surrey, England | 29 May 1968||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Birmingham (BA) | ||||||||||||||
Website | jessicamorden | ||||||||||||||
Jessica Elizabeth Morden (born 29 May 1968) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport East since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she was General Secretary of Welsh Labour from 1999 until her election to Parliament.