Margaret Greenwood

Margaret Greenwood
MP
Greenwood in 2017
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Assumed office
8 May 2018
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Shadowing Esther McVey
Preceded by Debbie Abrahams
Member of Parliament
for Wirral West
Assumed office
8 May 2015
Preceded by Esther McVey
Majority 5,365 (12.2%)
Personal details
Born (1959-03-14) 14 March 1959
Political party Labour
Website Official website

Margaret Greenwood MP (born 14 March 1959) is a British Labour Party politician. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wirral West in May 2015[1] and retained her seat in the 2017 general election.[2]

A former teacher and community activist,[3] Greenwood later worked as a web consultant.[4] She is a founder member of Defend our NHS.[4]

She was selected to contest the constituency of Wirral West in the 2015 general election in 2013.[4]

In March 2018 Greenwood began acting as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions after Debbie Abrahams temporarily stepped aside. This means Greenwood will be shadowing Esther McVey, the previous MP for Wirral West.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Wirral West parliamentary constituency - Election 2015". BBC News. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wirral West". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Helen Carter (8 May 2015). "Conservative Esther McVey loses her Wirral seat by just over 400 votes". The Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Liam Murphy (27 May 2013). "Labour choose Margaret Greenwood to take on Esther McVey in Wirral West". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Walker, Peter (11 March 2018). "Labour's Debbie Abrahams investigated by party over 'workplace issue'". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Esther McVey		 Member of Parliament
for Wirral West
2015–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Debbie Abrahams		 Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2018–present		 Incumbent
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