Justine Greening (born April 30, Rotherham) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Putney winning the seat in the 2005 election on 5 May 2005. Greening received 15,497 votes constituting a 42.4% share of the vote a majority of 1,766 (4.8%). She unseated Tony Colman, who had held the seat for Labour since defeating David Mellor in 1997. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... Map sources for Rotherham at grid reference SK4392 Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England, built upon the River Don near the confluence of the Don and the Rother. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Putney is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthony John Colman (born July 24, 1943) was the Labour member of Parliament for Putney, London. ... The Right Honourable David Mellor (born 12 March 1949) is a British Conservative politician and barrister. ...

As the first Conservative to be elected of the evening, her victory was the first sign that the Conservative Party was to achieve a degree of success and begin to recover from landslide defeats of the 1997 and 2001 general elections. Michael Howard, who had visited Putney to give a speech on his first day as Conservative leader, returned there on the morning following the election to congratulate Putney Conservatives, and give the speech in which he announced his intention to step down.

She previously contested the constituency of Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush in 2001. She was born in 1969 and grew up in Rotherham, Yorkshire - the same town as her Conservative colleague William Hague; she has an MBA from London Business School. Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... William Hague The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician and former leader of the Conservative Party. ...

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Justine Greening MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Justine Greening MP