Rosie Winterton

Dame Rosalie "Rosie" Winterton DBE MP (born 10 August 1958) is a British Labour Party politician.

The Right Honourable Dame Rosie Winterton DBE MP
Official portrait, 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Harold Walker
Majority	2,278 (5.5%)
Personal details
Born	Rosalie Winterton (1958-08-10) 10 August 1958 Leicester, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Hull
Website	www.rosiewinterton.co.uk

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.