Jon Trickett
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Jon Trickett MP |
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| Shadow Lord President of the Council | |
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Assumed office 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
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In office 5 July 2016 – 6 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Angela Eagle |
| Succeeded by | Clive Lewis (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Emma Reynolds |
| Succeeded by | Grahame Morris |
| Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Grahame Morris |
| Shadow Minister without Portfolio | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 14 September 2015 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Michael Dugher |
| Succeeded by | Jon Ashworth |
| Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Tessa Jowell |
| Succeeded by | Michael Dugher |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 4 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Ian Austin |
| Succeeded by | Desmond Swayne |
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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 | 12,078 (28.5%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jon Hedley Trickett 2 July 1950 Leeds, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
University of Hull University of Leeds |
Jon Hedley Trickett (born 2 July 1950) is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire since a 1996 by-election. He served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gordon Brown from 2008 to 2010 and was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet by Ed Miliband in 2011 as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Trickett was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under new Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn in September 2015, before being appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in July 2016. He held this position until the cabinet reshuffle in October 2016.
He studied at Roundhay Grammar School (now called Roundhay School) in Leeds. Formed politically by the anti-Vietnam war movement, Trickett joined the Labour Party in 1969 and was active on the Labour Left in Leeds from the late 1960s. During the campaigns relating to the Common Market referendum in 1975, he was the secretary of the 'Vote No' campaign in Leeds. Later, he was the election agent for Michael McGowan who became the MEP for Leeds in 1984.
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