Dan Carden

Daniel Joseph Carden (born 28 October 1986) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton since the 2017 general election.

Early life
Dan has described himself as a "proud Scouser", having been born and raised in Liverpool. He is the son of Mike Carden, who was the shop steward during the dockers' strike during the 1990s, and was fired for refusing to cross a picket line. His mother has worked in the NHS for over 40 years.

His secondary education was at St Edward's college in West Derby (OE 1998–2005) where he was the Head Boy. He then went on to study BSc International Relations at the London School of Economics.

Career
Prior to becoming an MP, Carden worked in Parliament and with Len McCluskey at Unite.

During the selection process for the Liverpool Walton seat, he defeated Liverpool City Mayor Joe Anderson, Theresa Griffin MEP and other prominent local figures to be selected by the NEC to become Labour's candidate. On 8 June, Carden was elected MP for Walton with 85.7% of the vote share with a 32,551 majority. This was the highest share of the vote for any candidate at the election.

On 12 January 2018, he was appointed Shadow Minister for International Development.

Personal life
Following his election to the House of Commons, Carden and his supporters celebrated in a Liverpool pub called "The Grapes". The pub's landlady claimed that the group were screaming, shouting, chanting, and standing on the furniture, and barred Carden and some of his friends from ever entering the pub again. Carden denied the allegations, but apologised to the pub's landlady, who lifted the lifetime ban just one day after it was imposed.