Stephen Timms
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The Right Honourable Stephen Timms MP |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Acting |
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In office 8 June 2015 – 13 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Rachel Reeves |
| Succeeded by | Owen Smith |
| Shadow Minister for Employment | |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 13 September 2015 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Mark Hoban |
| Succeeded by | Emily Thornberry |
| Minister of State for Competitiveness | |
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In office 12 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Jane Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Mark Hoban |
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In office 12 September 2004 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ruth Kelly |
| Succeeded by | John Healey |
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In office 29 July 1999 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Barbara Roche |
| Succeeded by | Paul Boateng |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 5 May 2006 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Des Browne |
| Succeeded by | Andy Burnham |
| Minister of State for Pensions | |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Wicks |
| Succeeded by | James Purnell |
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In office 23 December 1998 – 29 July 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Denham |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Rooker |
| Minister of State for Schools | |
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In office 11 June 2001 – 24 October 2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Estelle Morris |
| Succeeded by | David Miliband |
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Member of Parliament for East Ham Newham North East (1994–1997) |
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Assumed office 9 June 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Leighton |
| Majority | 34,252 (65.5%) |
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Stephen Creswell Timms 29 July 1955 Oldham, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Hui-Leng Lim (1986–present) |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Website | www |
Stephen Creswell Timms (born 29 July 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Ham since 1997. Timms had retained the earlier Newham North East seat for his party at the 1994 byelection. Timms served in the Government for several periods, as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1999 to 2001, 2004 to 2005, and 2008 to 2010. He was also in the Cabinet from 2006 to 2007 as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007. With a majority of 27,826 at the 2010 general election, Timms had the largest vote share of any sitting MP, gaining 70.4% of the local vote. On 14 May 2010, he survived a murder attempt made by a constituent, Roshonara Choudhry.
He returned to the backbenches in September 2015 after being offered a junior treasury job by his party leader, Jeremy Corbyn.
Timms was born in Oldham, Lancashire, to Ronald James Timms, an engineer, and Margaret Joyce Timms, a teacher. He was educated at Farnborough Grammar School in Farnborough, Hampshire, and read Mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he gained a degree in Mathematics in 1977 and an MPhil in Operational Research in 1978.
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