Show 378. Marie Tidball
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Marie is one of Labour's rising stars of the 2024 intake and was recently awarded 'Parliamentarian of the Year' by The Spectator.
It's easy to see why. She is a formidable campaigner and has had to overcome various barriers in her life in order to succeed.
An immense talent, Marie could easily have ended up in law or broadcasting, but politics was too strong a pull.
Although there is one particular TV show she'd love to be on...
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| 0:00.0 | I am delighted to announce that the Matt Ford Focus Group is returning to Radio 4 with a Christmas special on Wednesday the 17th of December. |
| 0:09.4 | That's when it's being recorded. What better way to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus than with a provocative topical comedy show hosted by me and you can come and be there for free. |
| 0:21.8 | Free studio audience tickets |
| 0:23.3 | will be released soon exclusively |
| 0:25.3 | to subscribers to my mailing list. |
| 0:27.9 | So sign up now at matford.com. |
| 0:31.2 | It's what the baby Jesus would want. Hello and welcome to the political party. |
| 0:45.1 | Today's guest is Marie Tidbel, who is the Labour MP for Peniston and Stocksbridge, |
| 0:49.4 | the first MP to represent that seat who's from there for over 100 years. |
| 0:53.1 | And we talk about why that's important to her. |
| 0:55.2 | And Marie is a formidable campaign, |
| 0:56.8 | and she was recognised as Parliamentarian of the Year, |
| 1:00.0 | the Spectator Awards recently. |
| 1:02.4 | And she's a remarkable campaigner on behalf of disabled people. |
| 1:05.5 | She has disabilities herself. |
| 1:06.7 | And we talk about what that meant for her life growing up, |
| 1:09.5 | having to have multiple rounds of |
| 1:10.8 | surgery throughout her school years, and her success in a variety of fields is remarkable, |
| 1:17.6 | given how difficult it was to keep afloat with her education over a prolonged period of time. |
| 1:22.7 | She has a particular ambition to be on a specific TV show. Can you guess which one it is? The campaign |
| 1:28.3 | to get her on it starts now. I'll be back on stage with the political party live on Monday the 8th of |
| 1:34.9 | December. My guest is Nick Clegg. That will be phenomenal, not just reminiscing about his time |
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