Rosie Wrighting | |
---|---|
Member of Parliament for Kettering | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Philip Hollobone |
Majority | 3,900 (7.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Kettering,Northamptonshire,England | 28 July 1997
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Westminster |
Rosie May Wrighting (born 28 July 1997) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Kettering since 2024. [2] [3] She was the youngest female MP elected at the 2024 general election. [4]
Wrighting was born in Kettering,Northamptonshire to Cindy Wrighting. [5] Her mother has been the chief executive officer of youth charity Youth Works. [6]
Wrighting grew up in Geddington and was educated at Bishop Stopford School and Montsaye Academy. [7] She studied Fashion at the University of Westminster. [8]
Wrighting joined the Labour Party in 2020 at the age of 22 while studying at university and became chair of the Westminster North Constituency Labour Party. [6] She unsuccessfully stood for election to the Little Venice ward in the 2022 Westminster City Council election. [9] In November 2023,she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Kettering. [7] Prior to her political career,Wrighting worked as a buyer for online fashion retailer ASOS before leaving to focus on her campaign full time. [6]
In an interview with The Telegraph,Wrighting described wanting more opportunities for people in her community as the motivation for standing as a prospective parliamentary candidate for Labour,specifically on housing and economic security. She has also said she wants to focus on improving access to mental health services,including for young people. [10]
Wrighting currently lives at home with her mother,where she plans to stay during her parliamentary career. She is a keen figure skater. [11]
Corby and East Northamptonshire is a constituency in the English county of Northamptonshire. It is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since July 2024 by Lee Barron,of the Labour Party.
Kettering is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Rosie Wrighting of the Labour Party.
Wellingborough and Rushden is a constituency in Northamptonshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The seat is currently held by Labour MP Gen Kitchen,after the recall of MP Peter Bone in December 2023 which resulted in a by-election in February 2024.
Philip Thomas Hollobone is a British Conservative Party politician and former investment banker. He was the Member of Parliament for Kettering from the 2005 general election to the 2024 general election.
Dame Nia Rhiannon Griffith is a Welsh politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities since 2024.
Anne Margaret Main is a Conservative Party politician who formerly served as the Member of Parliament for St Albans in Hertfordshire. She was elected at the general election of 2005,and was re-elected in 2010,2015 and 2017. She lost her seat to Daisy Cooper,a Liberal Democrat,at the 2019 general election.
Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British health official and former politician. Cooper was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of the Liverpool City Council from 1973 until 1999,when she joined the Labour Party. After leaving the council the following year,she was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire from 2005 until her resignation in 2022,when she was named chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. In 2018,she was the victim of attempted murder by Jack Renshaw.
Bishop Stopford School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Kettering,Northamptonshire,England.
The 1940 Kettering by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 6 March 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of Kettering in Northamptonshire.
Anne McLaughlin is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2019 to 2024,and previously from 2015 to 2017. She has been SNP Spokesperson for International Development since 2023.
Andrew Iain Lewer is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament for Northampton South from 2017 to 2024,and as Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands from 2014 to 2017.
Alison Emily Thewliss is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central from the May 2015 general election until 2024.
Judith Mary Cummins is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South since 2015.
Deidre Leanne Brock is an Australian-born Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North and Leith from 2015 to 2024. She is the first SNP representative to hold the seat at either a Westminster or Scottish Parliament level. Brock was the SNP House of Commons Business Spokesperson from December 2022 to July 2024.
Melanie Onn is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes since 2024. A member of the Labour Party,she previously served as MP for Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019.
Imran Hussain is a British independent,previously Labour politician,and barrister who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford East since 2015.
Rosemary Clare Duffield is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Canterbury since 2017. After resigning as a member of the Labour Party in September 2024,she sits as an independent.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown from 2017 to 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,he was a member of Brighton and Hove City Council from 2016 to 2017.
Abena Oppong-Asare is a British Labour Party politician who has served as a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office since July 2024. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead in the 2019 general election. She and Bell Ribeiro-Addy,both elected in the 2019 general election,are the first female British Ghanaian MPs.
Genevieve Victoria Kitchen is a British politician who has served as Assistant Government Whip since 2024. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough and Rushden since the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. A member of the Labour Party,she was a member of Newham London Borough Council in Greater London from 2018 to 2022.