Alan Johnson
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The Right Honourable Alan Johnson MP |
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| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 20 January 2011 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Shadowing | George Osborne |
| Preceded by | Alistair Darling |
| Succeeded by | Ed Balls |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Shadowing | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Chris Grayling |
| Succeeded by | Ed Balls |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jacqui Smith |
| Succeeded by | Theresa May |
| Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Patricia Hewitt |
| Succeeded by | Andy Burnham |
| Secretary of State for Education and Skills | |
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In office 5 May 2006 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ruth Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Ed Balls (Children, Schools and Families) |
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Secretary of State for Trade and Industry President of the Board of Trade |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Patricia Hewitt |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Darling |
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
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In office 8 September 2004 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Andrew Smith |
| Succeeded by | David Blunkett |
| Minister for Higher Education | |
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In office 13 June 2003 – 8 September 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Margaret Hodge |
| Succeeded by | Kim Howells |
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Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Stuart Randall (Hull West) |
| Majority | 9,333 (29.3%) |
| Personal details | |
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Alan Arthur Johnson 17 May 1950 London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Cox Laura Patient Carolyn Burgess |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | Official website |
Alan Arthur Johnson (born 17 May 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that, he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary. Until 20 January 2011 he was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Johnson has been the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle since the 1997 general election.
Born in London on 17 May 1950, the son of Stephen and Lillian Johnson, he was orphaned at the age of 12 when his mother died. Johnson was then in effect brought up by his older sister Linda when the two were assigned a council flat by their child welfare officer. Linda, then herself only 16, has since been recognised as the hero of Johnson's poignant 2013 memoir This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood. He passed the eleven-plus exam and attended Sloane Grammar school in Chelsea, now part of Pimlico Academy, and left school at the age of 15. He then stacked shelves at Tesco before becoming a postman at 18. He was interested in music and joined two pop music bands. Johnson joined the Union of Communication Workers, becoming a branch official. He joined the Labour Party in 1971, although he considered himself a Marxist ideologically aligned with the Communist Party of Great Britain. A full-time union official from 1987, he became General Secretary of the union in 1992. By this time, however, as his memoir makes clear, he was more inclined towards the right wing of the Labour Party.
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