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Steve Rotheram

Steve Rotheram
MP
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition
Assumed office
12 September 2015
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by Karen Buck
Member of Parliament
for Liverpool Walton
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by Peter Kilfoyle
Majority 19,818 (57.7%)
Lord Mayor of Liverpool
In office
1 May 2008 – 7 May 2009
Preceded by Paul Clark
Succeeded by Mike Storey
Personal details
Born (1961-11-04) 4 November 1961 (age 55)
Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Sandra Rotheram
Alma mater John Moores University
Liverpool Hope University
Website www.steverotherammp.org.uk

Steven Philip Rotheram (born 4 November 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who is the MP for Liverpool Walton and is the Labour Party candidate for the elected Mayor of the Liverpool City Region in May 2017.

Rotheram was born in Liverpool and left school to become a bricklayer, setting up his own company at the age of 22. He completed a Masters in Contemporary Urban Renaissance at Liverpool Hope University. He worked as a Business Manager for the Learning and Skills Council and represented Fazakerley as a councillor on Liverpool City Council. Rotheram has been the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton since the 2010 election. As an MP, he campaigned for the release of all government papers relating to the Hillsborough disaster.

He also served as the Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 2008 to 2009 and a Councillor for Fazakerley from 2002 to 2011. Rotheram is Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's Parliamentary Private Secretary. He is the Labour candidate for the 2017 Liverpool mayoral election.


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