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Margaret Greenwood is a former MP for Wirral West.

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Former Labour MP for Wirral West

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @mgreenwoodww
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Margaret Greenwood campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Department for Transport
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Universal Credit
• Schools: Coronavirus
• Department for Work and Pensions: Arms Length Bodies
• NHS: Databases
• Support for Mortgage Interest

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 25 Jan 2022)
• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 18 Jan 2022)
• Member, Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 9 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) (10 Apr 2020 to 15 Oct 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (10 Apr 2020 to 15 Oct 2020)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (11 Mar 2018 to 6 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 9 Oct 2016 to 11 Mar 2018)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 19 Dec 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Esther McVey
• Stephen Hesford
• David Hunt

Future MPs in this constituency

• Matthew Patrick

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Charities Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Education (Guidance About Costs of School Uniforms) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (2 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Women’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman Report 16 May 2024

  The hon. Gentleman is making a sensitive and excellent speech. Does he agree that this is not only about the loss of a pension from the age of 60, the fact that people have not been able to plan and so forth? For many women, their occupational pension will have been tied to the date of their retirement or their state pension—it varies a lot, depending on what the pension scheme is. Some...

• Women’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman Report 16 May 2024

  I pay tribute to all the WASPI women and others campaigning on this issue in Wirral West and across the UK, and those who are in the Gallery this afternoon. I stand in solidarity with them—I myself am a 1950s-born woman. I pay tribute to all who have sadly passed away, too. I believe it is important to consider the broader pensions landscape, and the discriminatory and quite frankly sexist...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment 14 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people for whom the funds spent on Personal Independence Payments (PIP) would provide talking therapy for in place of PIP in (a) Wirral, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK.

More of Margaret Greenwood’s recent appearances