Rosie Winterton
Doncaster Central | |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |
Preceded by | Harold Walker |
Majority | 2,278 (5.5%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Rosalie Winterton 10 August 1958 Leicester, England |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Hull |
Website | www |
Dame Rosalie Winterton,
She served under Prime Minister
In September 2010, Winterton was nominated and elected unopposed as
Early life
Winterton was educated at St Mary's (now
After working for four years in the private sector, as Managing Director of Connect Public Affairs, she returned to politics to assist John Prescott in 1994; Prescott had been elected as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Winterton worked as Head of Office for the Deputy Party Leader until 1997.[4]
Parliamentary career
Winterton became an
She entered government in 2001, serving as a
In June 2007, she was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Transport by the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.[6] Winterton was subsequently appointed Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber in addition to her DfT responsibilities on 24 January 2008. She was promoted to Minister of State for Pensions at the Department for Work and Pensions in the October 2008 reshuffle, retaining her Ministerial brief for Yorkshire and the Humber.
In the June 2009 reshuffle, Winterton was moved to
In September 2010, she was nominated and elected unopposed as
In June 2017, Winterton was elected to serve as
She is a member of Labour Friends of Israel.[9]
On 27 February 2022, Winterton announced her intention to stand down at the next general election.[10]
Expenses scandal
Winterton was one of a number of Government Ministers who secretly repaid back some of expenses money which they had wrongly claimed. In the row over MPs' expenses, it was claimed she used taxpayers' cash to soundproof the bedroom of her south London flat.[11] According to The Daily Telegraph, the minister claimed a total of £86,277 over four years in additional costs allowance – close to the total allowed under Parliament's green book.
Honours
In June 2006, she was appointed a member of
She was appointed
Notes
- Shadow Cabinet positions, while Lindsay Hoyle was a longtime backbencher.
References
- ^ "Labour's Rosie Winterton elected as deputy Commons speaker". BBC News. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Sparrow, Andrew; Rawlinson, Kevin (28 June 2017). "Commons rejects Labour's amendment to Queen's speech - as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "About Rosie". Winterton's website.
- ^ a b c d "Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP : The Department of Health - About us: Ministers and department leaders". 5 February 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Voting Record - Rosie Winterton MP, Doncaster Central (10648)". The Public Whip. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Her Majesty's Government Archived 8 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Prime Minister's Office (Archived)
- ^ Bush, Stephen (6 October 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn rewards loyalists in confident reshuffle". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Labour's Rosie Winterton elected as deputy Commons speaker". BBC News. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "LFI Supporters in Parliament". Labour Friends of Israel. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Deputy Speaker Dame Rosie Winterton to step down at next election". BBC News. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Watt, Holly (29 May 2009). "MPs' expenses: Rosie Winterton claimed for soundproofing bedroom". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
- ^ Norman Reginald appointed to the Privy Council Archived 25 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine Prime Minister's Office, 27 June 2006 (Archived)
- ^ "No. 61450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N8.
External links
- Rosie Winterton MP official constituency website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou