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 has served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since 2026.
Early life
Botterill grew up in Wakefield; her mother worked as a carer and her father as a prison officer.[3] She worked since age 13 and started at the local River Island store aged 16.[4][5] 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.[3]
Early career
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.[5] She also worked as a corporate affairs adviser for Yorkshire Water, and later public affairs manager for 38 Degrees[6] and for Portland Communications.[7]
Parliamentary career
Botterill was selected as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the Ossett and Denby Dale constituency in September 2023.[8]
Shortly after her election, she was appointed as the parliamentary private secretary to the Home Office.[9] 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.[10]
Botterill has campaigned and voted for more regulation of the water industry.[11]
In the September 2025 cabinet reshuffle Botterill was appointed to the ministerial position of assistant government whip.[12]
References
- ^ “Jade BOTTERILL personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK”. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ “Ossett| General Election 2024 | Sky News”. election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ a b “About Me”. Jade Botterill. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ “Jade Botterill MP”. PolicyMogul. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ a b “Meet the ‘unapolagetically Northern’ new MP for Ossett and Denby Dale Jade Botterill”. Yorkshire Post. 2024-10-13. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ “Jade Botterill”. LinkedIn.
- ^ Keate, Noah; Honeycombe-Foster, Matt (2 May 2024). “Bright young(ish) things”. Politico. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ Gardner, Tony (4 October 2023). “Ossett and Denby Dale: Labour Party selects Jade Botterill to fight for new seat at next general election”. Wakefield Express. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ Cabinet Office (September 2024). Parliamentary Private Secretaries – September 2024 (PDF).
- ^ “International Investment Summit – Hansard – UK Parliament”. hansard.parliament.uk. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
- ^ Botterill, Jade (28 January 2025). “X Post: Jade Botterill”.
- ^ “Ministerial appointments: September 2025”. Prime Minister’s Office. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via gov.uk.
External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile on OpenSanctions, an open database of sanctions and persons of interest
