Barbara Keeley

Barbara Keeley MP
Official portrait, 2020
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Chris Bryant
Succeeded by	David Heath
Shadow portfolios Shadow Cabinet 2016–2020 Mental Health and Social Care Shadow Frontbench 2023–present Music and Tourism 2022–2023 Arts and Civil Society 2015–2016 Older People, Social Care and Carers
Member of Parliament for Worsley and Eccles South Worsley (2005–2010)
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Terry Lewis
Majority	3,219 (7.2%)
Member of Trafford Council for Priory
In office 4 May 1995 – 10 June 2004
Preceded by	Edna Mitchell
Personal details
Born	(1952-03-26) 26 March 1952 (age 72)
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Salford (BA)
Website	barbarakeeley.co.uk

Barbara Mary Keeley^[1] (born 26 March 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South, previously Worsley, since 2005.^[2]

A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Shadow Minister for Music and Tourism since 2023.^[3] She previously served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2010 and served in Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Social Care from 2016 to 2020.