Lilian Greenwood, MP for Nottingham South
Lilian Greenwood has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) (HM Household) | 2025 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2011 to 2015 | |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2010 to 2011 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Railways Bill | 2026 | |
| Committee of Selection | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Procurement Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill | 2022 | |
| British Sign Language Bill | 2022 | |
| Committee of Selection | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] | 2021 | |
| Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission | 2020 to 2021 |
Show the other 10
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Transport Committee | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 2019 | |
| National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19 | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Education Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Regulatory Reform | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Transport Committee | 2010 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Lilian Greenwood.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Lilian Greenwood has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
44 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Lilian Greenwood represents Nottingham South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Lilian Greenwood won with 47% of the votes, and Zarmeena Quraishi (Conservative) came second with 16%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilian Greenwood | Labour | 15,579 | 47.4% |
| Zarmeena Quraishi | Conservative | 5,285 | 16.1% |
| Mykel Hedge | Reform UK | 4,936 | 15.0% |
| Cath Sutherland | Green Party | 2,923 | 8.9% |
| Christina Morgan-Danvers | Liberal Democrat | 2,059 | 6.3% |
| Paras Ghazni | Workers Party of Britain | 1,496 | 4.6% |
| Shaghofta Akhtar | Independent | 449 | 1.4% |
| Mohammed Sayeed | Independent | 152 | 0.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Lilian Greenwood took part in 190 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Lilian Greenwood voted the same way as their party in 190 of the 190 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this