Jade Botterill | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office | |
Assumed office September 2024 Servingwith Louise Jones | |
Prime Minister | Sir Keir Starmer |
Member of Parliament for Ossett and Denby Dale | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Established |
Majority | 4,542 (10.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jade Alexandra Botterill December 1990 (age 34) |
Political party | Labour |
Jade Alexandra Botterill (born December 1990) [1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Ossett and Denby Dale since 2024. [2] She serves as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office. [3]
Botterill grew up in Wakefield,her mother worked as a carer and her father as a prison officer. [4] She did not attend university and began working at the local River Island store aged 16,having worked since age 13. [5] [6]
She also worked as the Community Development Officer for local rugby team Wakefield Trinity where she campaigned on to improve local children's health and wellbeing. [4]
Botterill worked as parliamentary assistant and head of office to Yvette Cooper,MP now Home Secretary,from 2013 to 2019 who she met whilst campaigning to save a Sure Start centre in Cooper's constituency. [7] She also worked as a Corporate Affairs Advisor for Yorkshire Water,and later Public Affairs Manager for 38 Degrees. [8] Prior to her election,she worked for Portland Communications. [9]
Botterill was selected as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the Ossett and Denby Dale constituency in September 2023. [10]
Shortly after her election,she was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Office. [3] In her maiden speech,she said one of her focuses as a Member of Parliament would be campaigning for opportunities for young people in her constituency. [11]
In November 2024,Botterill voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill,which proposes to legalise assisted suicide. [12] Botterill has campaigned and voted for more regulation of the water industry. [13]