Greenwood, Lilian

Labour MP for Nottingham South. Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions). In the Commons since 6 May 2010.

Background

Lilian Rachel Greenwood (born 26 March 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South since 2010, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport since September 2025. 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 between 2021 and 2023, the Shadow Minister for Arts, Heritage and Civil Society from 2023 until 2024, and in Keir Starmer's government, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Future of Roads from 2024 to 2025.

What they scrutinise

Committee of Selection (Member)

Official site

http://www.liliangreenwood.co.uk/

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