Kate Green

Katherine Anne Green OBE (born 2 May 1960) is a British politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston between 2010 and 2022. A member of the Labour Party, she was Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 2015 to 2016 and Shadow Secretary of State for Education from 2020 to 2021. Green served as Chair of the Committee on Privileges and Committee on Standards from 2018 to 2020. She resigned her seat in parliament in November 2022 after being nominated as Greater Manchester's deputy mayor for policing and crime. Under Ed Miliband's leadership, she was a junior Shadow Equalities Minister from 2011 to 2013 and Shadow Disabled People Minister from 2013 to 2015. Green was promoted to the shadow cabinet after Jeremy Corbyn became Opposition Leader in 2015, as Shadow Women and Equalities Minister. After losing confidence in Corbyn's leadership, she resigned in 2016 ...