Rosie Winterton

The Right Honourable The Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE PC
Official portrait, 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 July 2026
Prime Minister	Andy Burnham
Preceded by	Seema Malhotra
Parlimentary offices Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons In office 28 June 2017 – 30 May 2024 Monarch Elizabeth II Charles III Prime Minister Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Speaker John Bercow Sir Lindsay Hoyle First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means In office 8 January 2020 – 30 May 2024 Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle Preceded by Dame Eleanor Laing Succeeded by Judith Cummins Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means In office 28 June 2017 – 6 November 2019 Speaker John Bercow Sir Lindsay Hoyle Preceded by Natascha Engel Succeeded by Nigel Evans Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Commons In office 8 October 2010 – 6 October 2016 Leader Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (acting) Jeremy Corbyn Preceded by Nick Brown Succeeded by Nick Brown Shadow Leader of the House of Commons In office 12 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 Leader Harriet Harman (acting) Preceded by George Young Succeeded by Hilary Benn Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 13 August 2024 Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central In office 1 May 1997 – 30 May 2024 Preceded by Harold Walker Succeeded by Sally Jameson
Other junior ministerial roles Minister of State for Local Government Minister of State for Regional Economic Development and Coordination In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by John Healey Succeeded by Grant Shapps Minister of State for Pensions In office 24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by Mike O'Brien Succeeded by Angela Eagle Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber In office 24 January 2008 – 11 May 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by Caroline Flint Succeeded by Office abolished Minister of State for Transport In office 28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by Stephen Ladyman Succeeded by The Lord Adonis Minister of State for Health Services In office 13 June 2003 – 28 June 2007 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Jacqui Smith Succeeded by Ben Bradshaw Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 Serving with Patricia Scotland, Michael Wills (until May 2002) and Yvette Cooper (from May 2002) Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by David Lock Succeeded by Office abolished
Personal details
Born	Rosalie Winterton (1958-08-10) 10 August 1958 Leicester, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Hull (BA)

Dame Rosalie "Rosie" Winterton DBE MP (born 10 August 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific since 2026.

She was the Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central from 1997 until 2024. In June 2017, Winterton became one of three Deputy Speakers in the House of Commons. She became a member of the House of Lords in 2024.

Positions

In cabinet

She served under Prime Minister Tony Blair as a Minister in the Department of Health, then under Gordon Brown as Minister of State for Transport from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Work and Pensions from 2008 to 2009, and Minister for Local Government from 2009 to 2010.

These made her the only one of the deputy speakers to have served as a minister in the government.

Others

She later entered the shadow cabinet in May 2010 as the shadow leader of the House of Commons. In September 2010, Winterton was nominated and elected unopposed as Labour Chief Whip. She served in that post until October 2016. She was elected as one of three deputy speakers of the House of Commons on 28 June 2017. She was re-elected unopposed on 7 January 2020. 

On 27 February 2022, Winterton announced that she would not stand at the next UK general election.