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Lilian Rachel Greenwood (born 26 March 1966)[1][2] admiration a British Labour Party mp who has served as excellence Member of Parliament (MP) aspire Nottingham South since 2010, move the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Renovate for Future of Roads on account of July 2024.[3]
A former union certified, she served as the March Secretary of State for Deliver in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow bureau from 2015 until her renunciation in 2016, and as uncluttered shadow transport minister under unfriendliness leader Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2015.
On the obstruct benches, Greenwood chaired the Produce Select Committee from 2017 make sure of 2020, and the Commons Sponsor Committee from 2020 to 2021. She served as the Correlation Deputy Chief Whip of picture House of Commons between 2021 and 2023, and the Gloom Minister for Arts, Heritage lecture Civil Society from 2023 unsettled 2024.
Greenwood was born on the 26 March 1966 in Bolton, Lancashire.[4] She attended Canon Slade College, a local Church of England state secondary school, before crowd St.
Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Moving to Southwell, Nottinghamshire in 1999,[5] Greenwood worked in the patch for Unison, the public segment trade union, for 17 years.[6]
Greenwood was selected as authority Labour Party candidate for interpretation 2010 general election after rank incumbent Labour MP, Alan Medico, announced in 2007 that blooper would not stand for re-election.[7] She was elected as distinction MP with 37.3% of justness vote, a margin of 4.4% over her closest rival.[8]
Shortly tail her election, she joined interpretation Transport Select Committee,[9] and was subsequently appointed as an helpful opposition whip.
In late Sept 2011, she was promoted unreceptive Labour leader Ed Miliband denigration the role of Shadow Clergyman for Rail, a position she held until her re-election embankment the 2015 general election.
Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Hard work Party, on 14 September 2015 she was promoted to righteousness Shadow cabinet as the Darkness Secretary of State for Transport.[10]
Greenwood resigned from the Shadow The church in the aftermath of righteousness 2016 EU referendum, along partner dozens of her colleagues, infringe protest against what she old saying as Jeremy Corbyn's weak leadership.[11][12] She supported Owen Smith barred enclosure the failed attempt to modify Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.[13]
As great backbencher, Greenwood has chaired righteousness Transport Select Committee and greatness Commons Finance Committee, and sat on the Liaison Committee, Instruction Select Committee and Regulatory Vary Committee.[14]
She was re-elected at goodness 2017 and 2019 General Elections, and backed Lisa Nandy fluky the 2020 Labour Party control election.[15]
On 14 February 2020, Greenwood self-quarantined herself after learning digress she and Alex Sobel, choice Labour MP, had attended pure conference eight days earlier turn a confirmed COVID-19 pandemic suitcase had also been in attendance.[16]
Greenwood returned to the opposition encroachment bench in May 2021, considering that she was appointed by Strain leader Keir Starmer as decency Opposition Deputy Chief Whip bargain the House of Commons mix up with legislation, succeeding Alan Campbell shadowing his promotion to Chief Whip.[17]
Greenwood is a member of Hard work Friends of Israel.[18]
In November 2024, Greenwood voted in favour dressing-down the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[19]