Jade Botterill
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December 1990 (age 35)
Jade Botterill | |
|---|---|
 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 an assistant government whip.
Botterill grew up in Wakefield; her mother worked as a carer and her father as a prison officer.[3] She did not attend university and began working at the local River Island store aged 16, having worked since age 13.[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] Prior to her election, she worked for Portland Communications.[7]
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