Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
Dame Louise Joyce Ellman (née Rosenberg; born 14 November 1945) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside from 1997 to 2019. She is a member of the Labour Party.
Ellman was elected as a councillor on the Lancashire County Council in 1970, becoming the Labour group leader in 1977 and leader of the council from 1981 until her election to House of Commons in 1997. She was Vice-Chair of Lancashire Enterprises, and served as Chair of the Transport Select Committee from 2008 to 2017. She was Chair of Labour Friends of Israel until February 2020 and was Honorary President of the Jewish Labour Movement.
She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List, and is a Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council. Ellman resigned from the Labour Party in October 2019, expressing concern over allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party and a potential Jeremy Corbyn-led government. She rejoined the party in 2021.