Lilian Greenwood

Lilian Greenwood MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 September 2015
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Michael Dugher
Member of Parliament for Nottingham South
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Alan Simpson
Majority	6,936 (16.0%)
Personal details
Born	Lilian Rachel Greenwood 26 March 1966 Bolton, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Website	Official website

Lilian Rachel Greenwood^[1] (born 26 March 1966)^[2] is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010.

Pre-parliamentary career

She was brought up in Bolton, Lancashire,^[3] where she attended Canon Slade School before going up to St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. She moved to Southwell in Nottinghamshire in 1999.^[4] She worked in Nottingham for the public sector trade union, UNISON for 17 years prior to 2010.^[5]

Parliament

She was selected as the Labour Party candidate for the 2010 UK General Election after the incumbent Labour MP, Alan Simpson, announced in 2007 that he would not stand for re-election.^[6] She was elected with 37.3% of the vote; a majority of 4.4% over her closest rival.^[7]

In July 2010, she was appointed to the Transport Select Committee.^[8] She was subsequently appointed as an Assistant Whip.

In late September 2011, she was asked by Ed Miliband (Leader of the Labour Party) to take the role of Shadow Minister of Transport.

Following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party, on 14 September 2015 she was named as the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.^[9]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 59418. p. 8744. 13 May 2010.
2. "Your representatives - Lilian Greenwood". Democracy Live (BBC News). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
3. "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
5. https://web.archive.org/20100507092749/http://www2.labour.org.uk:80/ppc/lilian_greenwood/30. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. "Blair critic to stand down as MP". BBC News. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
7. "Election 2010 - Nottingham South". BBC News. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
8. "Lilian Greenwood wins seat on transport committee". website. Nottingham Post. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
9. "Five Midlands politicians appointed to new Shadow Cabinet". ITV News. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.