Rosie Winterton

Biography:

Rosie Winterton was re-elected MP for Doncaster Central on May 7th 2015 with 19840 votes, taking 49.1% of the vote.

Educated at St. Mary’s (now Hill House, Doncaster), Danum Grammar School for Girls (now called Danum School) on Danum Road and then reading for a BA in History at the University of Hull in 1979, Winterton first worked as John Prescott’s Constituency Personal Assistant from 1980 until 1986, 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. After working for four years in the private sector, as MD of Connect Public Affairs, Winterton returned to politics to assist John Prescott in 1994, as the Head of Office for the then-deputy Party Leader until 1997.

Winterton became an MP in the 1997 election, serving the safe Labour seat of Doncaster Central constituency with a vote share exceeding 50% in each general election since then. 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 Department for Health in June 2003; in January 2006 her responsibilities were changed to Health Services, including responsibility for Dentistry. She presided over the introduction of the new NHS dental contract of April 2006.

In June 2006, she was appointed to the Privy Council, and she was sworn in on 19 July 2006.

In June 2007, she was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Transport by the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Winterton was subsequently appointed Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber in addition to her DfT responsibilities on January 24, 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. She became regional economic development and coordination minister in the 2009 reshuffle. After the 2010 general election she was elected as Labour’s shadow chief whip.

Constituency: Doncaster Central

Constituency Address: Doncaster Trades
19 South Mall
Frenchgate
Doncaster

Constituency Tel: 01302 326297

Date of Birth: 10 August 1958

Email: rosie.winterton.mp@parliament.uk

Party: Labour

Personal Website: http://www.rosiewinterton.co.uk/

Westminster Address: House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel: 0207 219 0925

Twitter: https://twitter.com/labourwhips

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RosieWintertonMP?fref=ts