Jack Straw

The Right Honourable Jack Straw
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor
In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010
Leader	Harriet Harman (Acting)
Preceded by	Dominic Grieve
Succeeded by	Sadiq Khan
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Acting
In office 11 May 2010 – 25 September 2010
Leader	Harriet Harman (Acting)
Preceded by	William Hague (Senior Member)
Succeeded by	Harriet Harman
Secretary of State for Justice Lord Chancellor
In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Succeeded by	Ken Clarke
Leader of the House of Commons Lord Privy Seal
In office 5 May 2006 – 27 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Deputy	Nigel Griffiths Paddy Tipping
Preceded by	Geoff Hoon
Succeeded by	Harriet Harman
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 8 June 2001 – 5 May 2006
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Robin Cook
Succeeded by	Margaret Beckett
Home Secretary
In office 2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Michael Howard
Succeeded by	David Blunkett
Shadow Cabinet positions (1987–97) Shadow Home Secretary In office 20 October 1994 – 2 May 1997 Leader Tony Blair Preceded by Tony Blair Succeeded by Michael Howard Shadow Minister for Local Government and Housing In office 24 July 1992 – 20 October 1994 Leader John Smith Margaret Beckett (Acting) Preceded by Eric Heffer (Housing and Construction) Succeeded by Position abolished Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science In office 13 July 1987 – 18 July 1992 Leader Neil Kinnock Preceded by Giles Radice Succeeded by Ann Taylor (Education)
Member of Parliament for Blackburn
In office 3 May 1979 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Barbara Castle
Succeeded by	Kate Hollern
Personal details
Born	John Whitaker Straw (1946-08-03) 3 August 1946 (age 70) Buckhurst Hill, England, UK
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Anthea Weston (1968–1977) Alice Perkins (1978–present)
Children	2 daughters 1 son (Will)
Alma mater	University of Leeds Inns of Court School of Law
Religion	Anglicanism

David Blunkett

Ann Taylor (Education)

John Whitaker "Jack" Straw (born 3 August 1946) is an English politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout Brown's Premiership. Straw is one of only three individuals to have served in Cabinet continuously under the Labour government from 1997 to 2010, the others being Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling.

After the Labour Party lost power in May 2010, Straw briefly served as Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Justice Secretary, with the intention to stand down from the frontbench after the subsequent 2010 Labour Shadow Cabinet election.

In February 2015 Channel 4 Dispatches and The Daily Telegraph accused Straw of impropriety following a meeting they set up with a fictitious Chinese company. Straw strongly denied the allegations and referred himself to Parliament’s Commissioner for Standards. In September 2015 the Commissioner for Standards dismissed all allegations that he had brought the House of Commons into disrepute and criticised Channel 4 and the Daily Telegraph’s conduct.

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