Bob Ainsworth
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The Right Honourable Bob Ainsworth |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Liam Fox |
| Succeeded by | Jim Murphy |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | John Hutton |
| Succeeded by | Liam Fox |
| Minister for the Armed Forces | |
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In office 29 June 2007 – 5 May 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Adam Ingram |
| Succeeded by | Bill Rammell |
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Government Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household |
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In office 13 June 2003 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Keith Hill |
| Succeeded by | Nick Brown |
| Parliamentary under-Secretary of State for Drugs & Organised Crime | |
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In office May 2001 – 13 June 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Parliamentary under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport & the Regions | |
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In office January 2001 – May 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
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Member of Parliament for Coventry North East |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Colleen Fletcher |
| Personal details | |
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19 June 1952 Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Ainsworth |
Robert William "Bob" Ainsworth (born 19 June 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the general election in 2010 he was the Shadow Defence Secretary, but was replaced by Jim Murphy following the election of new Labour leader Ed Miliband.
Ainsworth was born in Coventry on 19 June 1952, and attended the local Foxford Comprehensive School. He first became active in politics as a trade unionist at the Jaguar Cars plant in Coventry where he worked and served in many union capacities, including as Branch President (in what was later to become part of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union). In 1984, he was elected to Coventry City Council, became Chair of the Finance Committee, and was deputy leader of the ruling Labour group. He was also Constituency Labour Party chairman.
Ainsworth tried to become Labour candidate for Coventry North East in the run-up to the 1987 general election, after George Park MP announced his retirement, but only came third at the selection meeting, behind John Hughes and Ted Knight. In the run-up to the 1992 general election Hughes was de-selected by the Constituency Labour Party, and Ainsworth became the candidate. He was elected with an 11,676 majority, and stepped down from the city council the following year. At the 1997 general election his majority rose sharply to 22,569, falling back to 15,751 at the 2001 election, and 14,222 at the 2005 election.
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