Jon Trickett
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Jon Trickett MP
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Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister
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| Assumed office 4 October 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Austin |
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Member of Parliament
for Hemsworth |
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| Assumed office 1 February 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Derek Enright |
| Majority | 13,481 (36.6%) |
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| Born | 2 July 1950 Leeds, Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
Jon Hedley Trickett (born 2 July 1950, Leeds, Yorkshire) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
He is Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth in Yorkshire. He was first elected in a by-election in 1996 after the death of Labour MP Derek Enright, and has held the same seat since then.
He had previously been leader of Leeds City Council and was first elected to the Leeds City Council in 1984.
Until the vote on 42-day detention without charge, Trickett was chair of the Compass[1] Parliamentary group. He resigned from this position after voting in favour of the legislation despite Compass opposition to the Bill. He had previously voted against the Blair Government's 90 detention proposals - the only time Blair was defeated in the Commons.
He played a significant role in rebelling against the Iraq War and participated in demonstrations against the War. He rebelled on a number of occasions against Tony Blair's attempts to bring about marketisation of public services. He participated in a campaign to amend the Companies Bill to secure public listed companies reporting on 'supply chain issues' in line with the suggestions of a range of non governmental organisations.He was a leading figure in the campaign to prevent a decision to replace the Trident[2] nuclear weapons system in 2007. He was Jon Cruddas' campaign manager during the 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election. In June 2007 he was asked by Gordon Brown to chair the party's manifesto group on housing, a position which he declined to take up. Trickett was appointed as acting Chair of the Tribune newspaper Board in 2007
Following the cabinet reshuffle of 3 October 2008, Trickett became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.[3]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Jon Trickett MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Jon Trickett MP
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| Preceded by Derek Enright |
Member of Parliament for Hemsworth 1996 – present |
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| Preceded by Ian Austin |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 2008 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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