Long-serving MP given life peerage

Dame Rosie Winterton was MP for Doncaster Central for 27 years

A former long-standing Doncaster MP has been awarded a life peerage to the House of Lords.

Dame Rosie Winterton is among eight former Labour MPs to have been nominated by newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Before her retirement this year, Dame Rosie represented the Doncaster Central constituency as MP for 27 years.

She worked as a minister for several government departments from 2001 to 2010, and was deputy speaker of the House of Commons for seven years until her retirement.

In 2015, she received a damehood for her long-term political service.

A total of 19 life peers were nominated by four party leaders and the House of Lords Appointments Commission ahead of the general election.

Other notable nominees include former Prime Minister Theresa May, former Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman.

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