Lilian Greenwood

This article's subject is standing for re-election to the British House of Commons on 4 July, and has not been an MP since the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May. This article may be out of date during this period. Feel free to improve it (updates without reliable references will be removed) or discuss changes on the talk page.

Lilian Greenwood
Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament for Nottingham South
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
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
Shadow portfolios Shadow Cabinet 2015–2016 Transport Shadow Frontbench 2023–present Arts, Heritage and Civil Society 2021–2023 Deputy Chief Whip 2011–2015 Rail 2010–2011 Assistant Whip
Personal details
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.liliangreenwood.co.uk

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]

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.