Rosie Winterton
Dame Rosalie "Rosie" Winterton DBE MP (born 10 August 1958) is a British Labour Party politician.
The Right Honourable Dame Rosie Winterton | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
| Assumed office 8 January 2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle |
| Preceded by | Eleanor Laing |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means | |
| In office 28 June 2017 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Speaker | John Bercow Lindsay Hoyle |
| Preceded by | Natascha Engel |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Evans |
| Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons | |
| In office 7 October 2010 – 6 October 2016 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Deputy | Alan Campbell |
| Preceded by | Nick Brown |
| Succeeded 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 Minister of State for Regional Economic Development and Coordination | |
| In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | John Healey |
| Succeeded by | Grant Shapps |
| Minister of State for 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 June 2007 – 3 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Stephen Ladyman |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Adonis |
| Minister of State for Health Services | |
| In office 13 June 2003 – 28 June 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Jacqui Smith |
| Succeeded by | Ben Bradshaw |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department | |
| In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | David Lock |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central | |
| 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 |
She has been the Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central since 1997. In June 2017, Winterton became one of three Deputy Speakers in the House of Commons.
Positions
In cabinet
She served under Prime Minister Tony Blair as a Minister in the Department of Health, then under Gordon Brown as Minister of State for Transport from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Work and Pensions from 2008 to 2009, and Minister for Local Government from 2009 to 2010.
These made her the only one of the deputy speakers to have served as a minister in the government.
Others
She later entered the shadow cabinet in May 2010 as the shadow leader of the House of Commons. In September 2010, Winterton was nominated and elected unopposed as Labour Chief Whip. She served in that post until October 2016. She was elected as one of three deputy speakers of the House of Commons on 28 June 2017. She was re-elected unopposed on 7 January 2020.
On 27 February 2022, Winterton announced that she would not stand at the next UK general election.