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{{Infobox Officeholder |
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|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |
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|name = Dame Rosie Winterton |
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|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE|MP|size=100%}} |
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|image = Rosie Winterton OfficialPortrait.jpg |
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|office = [[Chairman of Ways and Means|Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means]] |
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|term_start = 28 June 2017 |
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|term_end = |
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|1blankname = Speaker |
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|1namedata = [[John Bercow]] |
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|predecessor = [[Natascha Engel]] |
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|successor = |
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|office1 = [[Chief Whip|Shadow Chief Whip]] of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] |
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|leader1 = [[Ed Miliband]]<br>[[Harriet Harman]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Jeremy Corbyn]] |
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|term_start1 = 7 October 2010 |
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|term_end1 = 6 October 2016 |
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|predecessor1 = [[Nick Brown]] |
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|successor1 = [[Nick Brown]] |
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|office2 = [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]] |
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|leader2 = [[Harriet Harman]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Ed Miliband]] |
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|term_start2 = 12 May 2010 |
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|term_end2 = 7 October 2010 |
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|predecessor2 = [[Sir George Young, 6th Baronet|George Young]] |
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|successor2 = [[Hilary Benn]] |
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|office3 = [[Department for Communities and Local Government|Minister of State for Local Government]] |
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|primeminister3 = [[Gordon Brown]] |
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|term_start3 = 5 June 2009 |
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|term_end3 = 11 May 2010 |
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|predecessor3 = [[John Healey (politician)|John Healey]] |
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|successor3 = [[Grant Shapps]] |
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|office4 = [[Department for Work and Pensions|Minister of State for Work and Pensions]] |
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|primeminister4 = [[Gordon Brown]] |
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|term_start4 = 24 January 2008 |
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|term_end4 = 5 June 2009 |
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|predecessor4 = [[Mike O'Brien (British politician)|Mike O'Brien]] |
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|successor4 = [[Angela Eagle]] |
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|office5 = [[Regional minister|Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber]] |
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|primeminister5 = [[Gordon Brown]] |
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|term_start5 = 24 January 2008 |
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|term_end5 = 11 May 2010 |
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|predecessor5 = [[Caroline Flint]] |
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|successor5 = Position abolished |
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|office6 = [[Minister of State for Transport]] |
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|primeminister6 = [[Gordon Brown]] |
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|term_start6 = 28 July 2007 |
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|term_end6 = 3 October 2008 |
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|predecessor6 = [[Stephen Ladyman]] |
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|successor6 = [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis|The Lord Adonis]] |
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|office7 = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster Central]] |
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|term_start7 = 1 May 1997 |
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|term_end7 = |
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|predecessor7 = [[Harold Walker, Baron Walker of Doncaster|Harold Walker]] |
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|successor7 = |
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|majority7 = 10,131 (23.5%) |
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|birth_name = Rosalie Winterton |
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|10|df=y}} |
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|birth_place = [[Leicester]], England |
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|death_date = |
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|death_place = |
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|party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |
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|alma_mater = [[University of Hull]] |
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'''Dame Rosalie Winterton''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (born 10 August 1958) is a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician in the United Kingdom. She was first elected as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster Central]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]]. Since June 2017, Winterton has served as [[Chairman of Ways and Means|Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means]]. She served under [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] as the [[Department for Work and Pensions|Minister for Work and Pensions]] from 2008 to 2009, and the [[Department for Communities and Local Government|Minister for Local Government]] from 2009 to 2010. She later entered the [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|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]] and served in the post until October 2016. She was elected as one of three deputy speakers of the House of Commons on 28 June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40434901|title=Labour's Rosie Winterton elected as deputy Commons speaker|date=28 June 2017|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/jun/28/pmqs-may-corbyn-queens-speech-oliver-letwin-tory-and-cameron-policy-guru-says-taxes-should-go-up-to-fund-better-public-services-politics-live?page=with:block-5953b91ee4b0a8c0ebbeaf44#block-5953b91ee4b0a8c0ebbeaf44|title=Commons rejects Labour's amendment to Queen's speech - as it happened|first1=Andrew|last1=Sparrow|first2=Kevin|last2=Rawlinson|date=28 June 2017|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Educated at St. Mary's (now [[Hill House School, Doncaster]]), [[Ackworth School]] (an independent school) and Doncaster Grammar School on Thorne Road{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} and then reading for a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in History at the [[University of Hull]]<ref name="DHbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.dh.gov.uk/AboutUs/MinistersAndDepartmentLeaders/MinisterOverview/MinistersBiography/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4110148&chk=HfXq6M|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205125828/http://www.dh.gov.uk/AboutUs/MinistersAndDepartmentLeaders/MinisterOverview/MinistersBiography/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4110148&chk=HfXq6M|archivedate=5 February 2007|title=Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP : The Department of Health - About us: Ministers and department leaders|date=5 February 2007|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2016}}</ref> in 1979, Winterton first worked as [[John Prescott]]'s Constituency Personal Assistant from 1980 until 1986,<ref name="DHbio"/> 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.<ref name="DHbio"/> After working for four years in the private sector, as Managing Director of [http://www.connectpa.co.uk 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 (UK)|Deputy Leader of the Labour Party]], and Winterton worked as Head of Office for the Deputy Party Leader until 1997.<ref name="DHbio"/> |
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==Parliamentary career== |
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Winterton became an [[Member of Parliament|MP]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 election]], serving the safe [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] seat of [[Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster Central]] constituency with a vote share exceeding 50% in each general election until in 2010, where her vote share fell to 39.7%.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} 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 [[British Department of Health|Department for Health]] in June 2003; in January 2006 her responsibilities were changed to Health Services,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Rosie_Winterton&mpc=Doncaster+Central |title=Voting Record - Rosie Winterton MP, Doncaster Central (10648) |publisher=The Public Whip |date= |accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref> 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 [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]],<ref>[http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page9749.asp Norman Reginald appointed to the Privy Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925231600/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page9749.asp |date=25 September 2006 }} Prime Minister's Office, 27 June 2006 (Archived)</ref> and she was sworn in on 19 July 2006. |
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In June 2007, she was appointed Minister of State at the [[Department for Transport]] by the new Prime Minister, [[Gordon Brown]].<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page12240.asp Her Majesty's Government] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108051737/http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page12240.asp |date=8 January 2009 }} Prime Minister's Office (Archived)</ref> 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. |
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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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5402890/MPs-expenses-Rosie-Winterton-claimed-for-soundproofing-bedroom.html|title=MPs' expenses: Rosie Winterton claimed for soundproofing bedroom|work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London|first=Holly|last=Watt|date=29 May 2009|accessdate=20 July 2010}}</ref> 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. |
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In September 2010, she was nominated and elected unopposed as [[Labour Chief Whip]] and served until October 2016 when she was replaced by [[Nick Brown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/10/nick-brown-appointed-chief-whip-jeremy-corbyn-begins-shadow-cabinet|title=Nick Brown appointed chief whip as Jeremy Corbyn begins shadow cabinet reshuffle|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2016}}</ref> |
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In June 2017 Winterton was elected to serve as [[Chairman of Ways and Means|Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40434901|title=Labour's Rosie Winterton elected as deputy Commons speaker|date=28 June 2017|publisher=BBC News|access-date=28 June 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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==Honours== |
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She was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61450 |supp=y|page=N8|date=30 December 2015}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.rosiewinterton.co.uk Rosie Winterton MP] ''official constituency website'' |
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