Jon Trickett

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Jon Trickett MP
Official portrait, 2017
Member of Parliament for Hemsworth
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 1996
Preceded by	Derek Enright
Majority	6,662
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
Shadow cabinet portfolios 2017–2020 Cabinet Office 2016–2020 Lord President of the Council 2016–2016 Business, Innovation and Skills 2015–2017 National Campaign Coordinator 2015–2016 Communities and Local Government 2013–2015 Without Portfolio 2011–2013 Cabinet Office
Leader of Leeds City Council
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	George Mudie
Succeeded by	Brian Walker
Member of Leeds City Council for Beeston
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 74) Leeds, England
Political party	Labour
Other political affiliations	Socialist Campaign Group
Alma mater	University of Hull (BA) University of Leeds (MA)
Website	Official website

Jon Hedley Trickett (born 2 July 1950)^[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth since 1996. 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.