Bob Ainsworth

The Right Honourable Bob Ainsworth
Ainsworth in 2010
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010
Leader	Harriet Harman Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Liam Fox
Succeeded by	Jim Murphy
Secretary of State for Defence
In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	John Hutton
Succeeded by	Liam Fox
Minister for the Armed Forces
In office 29 June 2007 – 5 May 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Adam Ingram
Succeeded by	Bill Rammell
Deputy Chief Government Whip Treasurer of the Household
In office 13 June 2003 – 28 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Keith Hill
Succeeded by	Nick Brown
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Mike O'Brien
Succeeded by	Caroline Flint
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions
In office 25 January 2001 – 7 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Chris Mullin
Succeeded by	The Lord Whitty
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 8 May 1997 – 24 January 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Roger Knapman
Succeeded by	David Clelland
Member of Parliament for Coventry North East
In office 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	John Hughes
Succeeded by	Colleen Fletcher
Personal details
Born	(1952-06-19) 19 June 1952 (age 71) Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Gloria Ainsworth

Robert William Ainsworth (born 19 June 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the general election in 2010 he was the Shadow Defence Secretary, but was replaced by Jim Murphy following the election of Labour leader Ed Miliband.