Jade Botterill
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 lifeBotterill 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 careerFrom 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 careerBotterill 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] References
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