Lilian Greenwood
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Lilian Rachel Greenwood (born 26 March 1966)[1][2] is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010, and the Shadow Minister for Arts, Heritage and Civil Society since 2023.[3]
Lilian Greenwood | |||||||||||||||||||
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Member of Parliament for Nottingham South | |||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Alan Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 12,568 (26.1%) | ||||||||||||||||||
Chair of the Finance Committee | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 29 January 2020 – 25 May 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Chris Bryant | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Nick Brown | ||||||||||||||||||
Chair of the Transport Committee | |||||||||||||||||||
In office 13 July 2017 – 29 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Louise Ellman | ||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Huw Merriman | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Lilian Rachel Greenwood (1966-03-26) 26 March 1966 (age 58) Bolton, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
A former union official, she served as the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet from 2015 until her resignation in 2016, and as a shadow transport minister under opposition leader Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2015. On the back benches, Greenwood chaired the Transport Select Committee from 2017 to 2020, and the Commons Finance Committee from 2020 to 2021. She served as the Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons since from 2021 to 2023.