Matt Western — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Member of Parliament for Warwick & Leamington since 2017.
Chair of the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy.
HM Trade Envoy for Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia & Laos.
Served as a Councillor at Warwickshire County Council from 2013 to 2018.
Worked in senior management roles for 24 years at Peugeot in the UK and Paris.
Graduated with a BSc in Geography from the University of Bristol in 1984.

Biography

Matthew Raymond Western is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick & Leamington since 2017. In his current capacity, he is also the Chair of the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy and an HM Trade Envoy for Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia & Laos. He was re-elected in the 2019 and 2024 general elections.

Western entered politics in 2013, when he was elected to the Leamington Willes ward of Warwickshire County Council.