Her father, Harold, served as an apprentice joiner at Sunderland Shipbuilders before working as a blacksmith striker at Wearmouth Colliery.

[5][6][7] She was educated at Seaham Northlea Comprehensive, later gaining a degree in Government and Public Policy at Newcastle Polytechnic – now known as Northumbria University.

She is responsible for political matters, representing members in employment tribunals and regional pay negotiations.

She also served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Caroline Flint[6] Elliott was re-elected as MP for Sunderland Central in May 2015 with a total of 20,959 votes.

Following her departure from the Front Bench in September 2015, she became a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

[11][12] She was elected as Chair of the PLP Backbench Housing and Planning Committee in November 2015, and served as a member of the National Policy Forum.

[14] She endorsed Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.

[19] Elliott has consistently voted in favour of the removal of hereditary peers from the House of Lords, equal gay rights and same-sex marriage.

She has also voted against university tuition fees, proposed reductions in spending on welfare benefits and culling badgers to tackle bovine tuberculosis.