Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip)
Responsibilities
Current role holder
Lilian Greenwood MP
Lilian Greenwood was appointed Minister for the Future of Roads at the Department for Transport on 9 July 2024.
She was re-elected as the MP for Nottingham South in July 2024, and has represented the constituency since May 2010.
Lilian was Shadow Secretary of State for Transport between 2015 and 2016, also operating as Shadow Rail Minister from 2011 to 2015. Lilian was appointed Opposition Deputy Chief Whip by Sir Keir Starmer in May 2021, occupying the role until 2023 when she was made Shadow Minister for Arts, Heritage, and Civil Society.
Lilian also chaired the Transport Select Committee from July 2017 to January 2020.
Education
Lilian attended Canon Slade School in Bolton, before reading Economics and Social and Political Sciences St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge.
Career before politics
Lilian moved to Nottingham in 1992 to work for the National Union of Public Employees, now part of the public sector trade body UNISON.
Personal life
Away from work, Lilian is most likely to be walking in the hills, or at the theatre.
Previous holders of this role
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Samantha Dixon MP
2024 to 2025
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Stuart Anderson MP
2023 to 2024
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Jo Churchill
2022 to 2023
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The Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson KC
2022 to 2022
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James Morris
2021 to 2022
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The Rt Hon Marcus Jones
2020 to 2021
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The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP
2019 to 2020
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The Rt Hon Craig Whittaker
2019 to 2019
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The Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE
2018 to 2019
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The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer
2018 to 2018
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The Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris
2017 to 2018