Parliamentary career
In 2009,Green was selected as the candidate for Stretford and Urmston through an all-women shortlist following Beverley Hughes's announcement that she would not be seeking re-election. [6] She was elected as Member of Parliament on 6 May 2010,securing 48.6% of the vote and increasing the majority Hughes gained in the 2005 general election.
Since entering Parliament,Green has been elected as a Vice-Chair of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum and served as the chairman of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party. [7] [8]
In November 2011,Green was criticised for failing to declare an interest when tabling an amendment to a bill. Green had neglected to mention her membership of the GMB trade union when attempting to amend the Legal Aid Bill. [9] In a statement in Parliament Green apologised,saying:"I was advised on those amendments by the GMB trade union. My entry in the Register of Members’Financial Interests makes clear my membership of and relationship with that union,but I regret that I did not draw attention to that last week in the Chamber because the amendments did not relate specifically to the union,but to the rights of individual employees." The Speaker of the House of Commons,John Bercow,accepted Green's apology,describing it as "most courteous" and insisting that the matter had been resolved. [10]
In February 2012,Green complained about a beer sold in the House of Commons Stranger's Bar,called Top Totty. The advertising plate on the pump handle featured an image of a bikini-clad bunny girl,which Green said "demeaned women". Leader of the House Sir George Young upheld her complaint and had the beer removed. [11] The beer,brewed in Stafford by Slater's,had been recommended to the House in 2007 by Labour MP for Stafford David Kidney after a visit to Slater's Brewery. [11] [12]
Green was re-elected in the 2015 general election on an increased voter turnout,managing to increase both the Labour Party's share and majority.
Green became chair of Owen Smith's leadership campaign challenging Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 leadership election. [13] Green wrote in the New Statesman in September 2016:"Even when Jeremy gets that there's a problem,his solutions too often reinforce rather than address the root causes of gender inequality". [14]
Green held her seat at the 2017 and 2019 general elections. [15] She announced in February 2022 that she would be standing down at the 2024 general election. [16] On 9 November 2022,she was announced as Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham's nominee to succeed Baroness Bev Hughes as Deputy Mayor for Policing; [17] in order to take up the post,she applied to become Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead on 10 November,a procedural device which allows MPs to resign. [18]
Frontbench Opposition career
Following a reshuffle of Labour's shadow ministerial team in October 2011,Green was promoted to junior Shadow Minister for Equalities. [19] [20] In October 2013,Green became Shadow Minister for Disabled People. [21]
Following Jeremy Corbyn's election as Leader of the Labour Party,Green was promoted to the shadow cabinet as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. [22] In a March 2016 speech,Corbyn advocated the decriminalisation of the sex industry,to which Green commented "without any discussion or consultation with his shadow cabinet,with me as his shadow minister for women and equalities,with women in the PLP or,to the best of my knowledge,with anyone in the wider Labour Party". [14] She resigned from this position on 27 June 2016. [23]
Green was a supporter of the Remain campaign during the EU referendum [24] [25]
In April 2020,Keir Starmer was elected as Labour Leader and appointed Green to return to the opposition front bench. [26] She held the portfolio of Shadow Minister for Child Poverty Strategy,which shadowed the Department for Work and Pensions. In June 2020,she was appointed as Shadow Education Secretary,succeeding Rebecca Long-Bailey. [27] Green was replaced as Shadow Education Secretary in the November 2021 reshuffle and departed the front bench. [28] The Guardian attributed her shadow cabinet dismissal to Starmer's promotion of media performers. [29]
All-party Parliamentary Groups
Green was an officer of the following All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs),as of May 2020: [32]
- Migration (chair)
- Gypsies,Roma,and Travellers (chair)
- Women in the Penal System (chair)
- Learning Disability (vice-chair)
- Legal Aid (vice-chair)
- Srebrenica (vice-chair)
- Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy (vice-chair)
- Dalits (treasurer)
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
