Jon Trickett

Jon Trickett MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 September 2015
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Emma Reynolds
Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 September 2015
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Position established
Shadow Minister without Portfolio
In office 7 October 2013 – 14 September 2015
Leader	Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting)
Preceded by	Michael Dugher
Succeeded by	Jon Ashworth
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Tessa Jowell
Succeeded by	Michael Dugher
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 4 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Ian Austin
Succeeded by	Desmond Swayne
Member of Parliament for Hemsworth
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 1996
Preceded by	Derek Enright
Majority	12,078 (28.5%)
Personal details
Born	Jon Hedley Trickett (1950-07-02) 2 July 1950 Leeds, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Hull University of Leeds
Religion	Judaism

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.

Early life

He studied at Roundhay Grammar School (now called Roundhay School) in Leeds. Formed politically in 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 being the secretary of the 'Vote No' campaign in the Common Market referendum, and also the election agent for Michael McGowan who became the MEP for Leeds.

During the 1970s was a member of the ILP (the successor body of the Independent Labour Party) and contributed to their newspaper—the Labour Leader—and was elected for a number of years to the ruling body, the National Administrative Council. Trickett was also active in anti-fascist and anti-war movements. He was a delegate to the Leeds Trades Council.

Trickett became leader of Leeds City Council in 1989 and was first elected to the Leeds City Council in 1984 for the Beeston ward. He had gained a BA in Politics from the University of Hull, and later an MA in Political Sociology from the University of Leeds. From 1974 to 1986 he also worked as a builder and plumber.

Parliamentary career

Elected on 1 February 1996 in a by-election brought about by the death of the previous MP, Labour's Derek Enright, Trickett was made PPS to Peter Mandelson after Labour was elected to power and worked in the Cabinet office and subsequently the DTI. After leaving the government at the time of Mandelson's fall from grace, Trickett was chair of the Compass pressure group.

He played a significant role in rebelling against the Iraq War and participated in demonstrations against the War in London, Wakefield and Leeds. He rebelled on a number of occasions against Tony Blair's reforms to public services. He led the demands for a recall of Parliament at the time of the Israeli attacks on the Lebanon. He led the campaign inside the Commons to amend the Companies Bill to secure public listed companies reporting on 'supply chain issues' in line with the suggestions of a range of non governmental organisations. He was a leading figure in the campaign to prevent a decision to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system in 2007. He was Jon Cruddas' campaign manager during the 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election. He had previously voted against the Blair Government's 90-day detention proposals in the Terrorism Act 2006, that had been publicly advocated by the police service, and was joined by both Labour and Conservative MPs in the vote—the only time Blair was defeated in the Commons.

He and Cruddas voted in favour of the subsequent 28-day detention proposal and Trickett then resigned from his position in Compass after voting in favour of the legislation despite opposition from some members of Compass to the Bill.

In June 2007 he was asked by Gordon Brown to chair the party's manifesto group on housing, a position which he declined to take up.

Trickett was appointed by the trades unions as acting Chair of the Tribune newspaper Board in 2007, but ceased in this role when the paper was taken over by a private proprietor.

Following the cabinet reshuffle of 3 October 2008, Trickett became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.

On 7 October 2011, Trickett was appointed Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office by Labour Leader Ed Miliband.

He was re-elected at the 2015 general election with a majority of 12,078.

Trickett was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015.

Personal life

He married Sarah Balfour on 31 October 1993. They have 3 children.

External links

• Jon Trickett MP official constituency website
• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at Public Whip
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
• Articles authored at Journalisted

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Derek Enright	Member of Parliament for Hemsworth 1996–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Ian Austin	Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 2008–2010	Succeeded by Desmond Swayne
Preceded by Tessa Jowell	Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office 2011–2013	Succeeded by Michael Dugher
Preceded by Michael Dugher	Shadow Minister without Portfolio 2013–2015	Succeeded by Jon Ashworth
Preceded by Emma Reynolds	Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2015–present	Incumbent
New office	Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention 2015–present