Maya Anneke Elsie Ellis is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for

Ribble Valley Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Clitheroe, the largest town. The borough also includes the town of Longridge and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. ...

since

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Early life and career

Ellis attended Ribchester Primary School and Longridge High School before graduating in French and English Literature at

Lancaster University Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a collegiate public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several new univer ...

. Ellis also has an MBA from Lancaster and Masters in Journalism from

University of Central Lancashire The University of Lancashire (previously abbreviated UCLan) is a public university based in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. It has its roots in ''The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge'', founded in 1828. Previously k ...

. Ellis worked in media in London later moving into local government roles at

Salford City Council Salford City Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the City of Salford, a metropolitan borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and ...

and as Innovation and Digital Lead in Economic Development

Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Blackburn with Dar ...

Political career

Ellis is a parish councillor for Ribchester Parish Council. Ellis was elected as the first Labour MP for the Ribble Valley constituency at the 2024 General Election with a majority of 856 defeating Nigel Evans of the Conservatives who had been MP for 32 years.

Personal life

She lives in

Ribchester Ribchester () is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, northwest of Blackburn and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. The village has a long history w ...

in her constituency with her husband and two young children.

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* Living people Alumni of Lancaster University Alumni of the University of Central Lancashire Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub