Michelle Welsh

Michelle Welsh
MP
Official portrait, 2026
Member of Parliament
for Sherwood Forest
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byMark Spencer
Majority5,443 (11.2%)
Personal details
PartyLabour

Michelle Welsh is a Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Sherwood Forest since 2024.

Before her election to Parliament, LabourList described her as "a councillor on Gedling Borough Council, representing Porchester ward, and on Nottinghamshire County Council, representing Arnold South." She was elected as a borough councillor in 2023 and a county councillor in 2021.

Welsh is also a school governor at Arnold View Primary School.

In May 2026 she was appointed as the Government's Maternity Adviser.

References

  1. ↑ "Sherwood Forest - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sherwood Forest swept up in Labour landslide". Newark Advertiser. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Belger, Katie Neame, Morgan Jones, Tom (6 June 2024). "Labour selections: parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". LabourList. Retrieved 11 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Election results for Porchester". Gedling Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 4 August 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Election Ward Candidates - Arnold South". Nottinghamshire County Council. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 January 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Michelle Welsh - Registered Interests". members.parliament.uk.
  7. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/maternity-advisor-to-champion-safer-care-for-mothers-and-babies