Matt Western

Matthew Raymond Western (born November 1962) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick & Leamington since the snap 2017 general election.

Biography
Western was educated in St Albans and graduated with a BSc degree in Geography from the University of Bristol in 1984.

Prior to entering politics, Western worked in General Management; specialising in finance and marketing for Peugeot. He also works as a volunteer careers mentor at Campion School.

He was elected to Warwickshire County Council's Leamington Willes Division in 2013, and was re-elected for a second term in May 2017.

Western lives in Leamington with Rebecca Earle, a history professor at Warwick University. He supports Arsenal F.C..