Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill | |
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| File:Official portrait of Jade Botterill MP crop 2.jpg Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Ossett and Denby Dale | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Majority | 4,542 (10.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jade Alexandra Botterill December 1990 (age 35) |
| Party | Labour |
Jade Alexandra Botterill (born December 1990)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Ossett and Denby Dale since 2024.[2] She serves as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Home Office.[3]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Botterill grew up in Wakefield; her mother worked as a carer and her father as a prison officer.[4] She did not attend university and began working at the local River Island store aged 16, having worked since age 13.[5] [6]
She also worked as the community development officer for local rugby team Wakefield Trinity where she campaigned to improve local children's health and wellbeing.[4]
Early career
[edit | edit source]From 2013 to 2019, Botterill worked as parliamentary assistant and head of office to Yvette Cooper MP, whom she met while campaigning to save a Sure Start centre in Cooper's Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford constituency.[7] She also worked as a corporate affairs adviser for Yorkshire Water, and later public affairs manager for 38 Degrees.[8] Prior to her election, she worked for Portland Communications.[9]
Parliamentary career
[edit | edit source]Botterill was selected as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the Ossett and Denby Dale constituency in September 2023.[10]
Shortly after her election, she was appointed as the parliamentary private secretary to the Home Office.[3] In her maiden speech, she said one of her focuses as a Member of Parliament would be campaigning for opportunities for young people in her constituency.[11]
In November 2024, Botterill voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[12] Botterill has campaigned and voted for more regulation of the water industry.[13]
In the September 2025 cabinet reshuffle Botterill was appointed to the ministerial position of assistant government whip.[14]
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