John Healey (politician)
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The Right Honourable John Healey MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing | |
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Assumed office 7 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning | |
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In office 13 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Roberta Blackman-Woods |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 6 October 2011 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Andy Burnham |
| Succeeded by | Andy Burnham |
| Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Grant Shapps |
| Succeeded by | Alison Seabeck |
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Grant Shapps (Housing and Local Government) |
| Minister of State for Local Government | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Phil Woolas |
| Succeeded by | Rosie Winterton |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Stephen Timms |
| Succeeded by | Jane Kennedy |
| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 15 December 2002 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ruth Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Lewis |
| Member of Parliament for Wentworth and Dearne Wentworth (1997–2010) |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Hardy |
| Majority | 13,838 (32%) |
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13 February 1960 Wakefield, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Jackie Bate |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Website | Official website |
John Healey (born 13 February 1960) is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union and charity campaigner, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wentworth and Dearne since 1997, and Minister of State for Housing. In 2010 he was elected to the shadow cabinet and appointed shadow health secretary. He stood down from the role in October 2011 and was succeeded by Andy Burnham.
John Healey was born in Wakefield and was educated at the Lady Lumley's School in Pickering before attending the independent St Peter's School, York sixth form college. Healey studied Social and Political Science at Christ's College, Cambridge where he received a BA in 1982. He worked as a journalist and the deputy editor of the internal magazine of the Palace of Westminster, The House Magazine for a year in 1983. In 1984 he became a full-time disability rights campaigner for several national charities.
Healey joined Issues Communications in 1990 as a campaign manager before becoming the head of communications at the Manufacturing, Science and Finance trade union in 1992. He was appointed as the campaign director with the Trades Union Congress in 1994 in which capacity he remained until his election to the House of Commons. He was also a tutor at the Open University Business School.
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