Rosie Winterton
Dame Rosie Winterton | |
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| Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2010 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Nick Brown |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 12 May 2010 – 7 October 2010 | |
| Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | George Young |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Benn |
| Minister of State for Local Government | |
| In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | John Healey |
| Succeeded by | Grant Shapps |
| Minister of State for Work and Pensions | |
| In office 24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Angela Eagle |
| Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| In office 24 January 2008 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Caroline Flint |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
| In office 28 July 2007 – 3 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Stephen Ladyman |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Adonis |
| Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Walker |
| Majority | 10,093 (25%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rosalie Winterton 10 August 1958 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Hull |
Dame Rosie Winterton DBE MP (born Rosalie Winterton; 10 August 1958, in Leicester) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster Central since 1997. She served under Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the Minister for Work and Pensions from 2008 to 2009, and the Minister for Local Government from 2009 to 2010. She later entered the Shadow Cabinet in May 2010 as the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. In September 2010, she was nominated and elected unopposed as Labour Chief Whip.
Early life
Educated at St. Mary's (now Hill House School, Doncaster), Ackworth School (an independent boarding school) and Danum Grammar School for Girls on Danum Road[1] and then reading for a BA in History at the University of Hull[2] in 1979, Winterton first worked as John Prescott's Constituency Personal Assistant from 1980 until 1986,[2] and then Parliamentary Officers, first for Southwark Council for two years until 1988 and then for a further two for the Royal College of Nursing until 1990.[2] 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.[2]
Parliamentary career
Winterton became an MP in the 1997 election, serving the safe Labour seat of Doncaster Central constituency with a vote share exceeding 50% in each general election until in 2010, where her vote share fell to 39.7%.[1] She entered government in 2001, serving as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Lord Chancellor's Department, and became a Minister of State at the Department for Health in June 2003; in January 2006 her responsibilities were changed to Health Services,[3] including responsibility for NHS dentistry. She presided over the introduction of the new NHS dental contract of April 2006.
In June 2006, she was appointed to the Privy Council,[4] and she was sworn in on 19 July 2006.
In June 2007, she was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Transport by the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.[5] 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.
Winterton was caught up in the row over MPs' expenses when it was claimed she used taxpayers' cash to soundproof the bedroom of her south London flat.[6] 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. In the June 2009 reshuffle Winterton was moved to Minister of State for Regional Economic Development and Co-ordination at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Communities and Local Government and in that role was invited to attend cabinet when her responsibility was on the agenda
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours.[7]
References
- ^ a b Rosie Winterton: Electoral history and profile The Guardian
- ^ a b c d [1] Official biography
- ^ Public Whip page about Winterton
- ^ Norman Reginald appointed to the Privy Council Prime Minister's Office, 27 June 2006 (Archived)
- ^ Her Majesty's Government Prime Minister's Office (Archived)
- ^ Watt, Holly (29 May 2009). "MPs' expenses: Rosie Winterton claimed for soundproofing bedroom". London: Telegraph.
- ^ "No. 61450". The London Gazette (invalid
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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
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- 1958 births
- Alumni of the University of Hull
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- Labour Party (UK) MPs
- Living people
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- People educated at Hill House School, Doncaster
- Politics of Doncaster
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–05
- UK MPs 2005–10
- UK MPs 2010–15
- UK MPs 2015–20
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire