Jon Trickett

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Jon Trickett MP
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Lord President of the Council
In office 27 June 2016 – 5 April 2020
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office 9 February 2017 – 5 April 2020
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Ian Lavery
Succeeded by	Rachel Reeves
In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Tessa Jowell
Succeeded by	Michael Dugher
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
In office 5 July 2016 – 6 October 2016
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
In office 14 September 2015 – 27 June 2016
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Emma Reynolds
Succeeded by	Grahame Morris
Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator
In office 14 September 2015 – 10 February 2017
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Douglas Alexander
Succeeded by	Ian Lavery & Andrew Gwynne
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
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	1,180 (2.7%)
Leader of Leeds City Council
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	George Mudie
Succeeded by	Brian Walker
Leeds City Councillor for Beeston Ward
In office 28 September 1984 – 1996
Preceded by	Michael McGowan
Succeeded by	Angela Gabriel
Personal details
Born	Jon Hedley Trickett (1950-07-02) 2 July 1950 (age 73) Leeds, England
Political party	Labour
Other political affiliations	Socialist Campaign Group
Spouse	Sarah Balfour
Children	3
Education	Roundhay School
Alma mater	University of Hull University of Leeds
Website	Official website

Jon Hedley Trickett (born 2 July 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire since a 1996 by-election. He was Shadow Lord President of the Council from 2016 to 2020 and served as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was the Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator under Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 to 2017.

Trickett 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 serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from July to October 2016. He was later appointed Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office by Corbyn in February 2017, alongside his portfolio as Shadow Lord President of the Council.

He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, a parliamentary group of Labour MPs.