Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting MP
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Victoria Atkins
Shadow cabinet positions 2021–2024 Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care In office 29 November 2021 – 5 July 2024 Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Jonathan Ashworth Succeeded by Victoria Atkins Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty In office 9 May 2021 – 29 November 2021 Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Office abolished
Junior shadow portfolios 2020–2021 Shadow Minister for Schools In office 16 October 2020 – 9 May 2021 Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Margaret Greenwood Succeeded by Peter Kyle Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury In office 9 April 2020 – 16 October 2020 Leader Keir Starmer Preceded by Lyn Brown Succeeded by Abena Oppong-Asare
Member of Parliament for Ilford North
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Lee Scott
Majority	528 (0.8%)
53rd President of the National Union of Students
In office 1 July 2008 – 10 June 2010
Preceded by	Gemma Tumelty
Succeeded by	Aaron Porter
Personal details
Born	Wesley Paul William Streeting (1983-01-21) 21 January 1983 (age 41)
Political party	Labour
Domestic partner	Joe Dancey
Residence	London Borough of Redbridge
Education	Westminster City School
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Signature
Website	www.wesstreeting.org
Wes Streeting's voice Streeting speaks at a debate on whether the school curriculum should be used to impart values Recorded 17 November 2012

Wesley Paul William Streeting (/ˈstritɪŋ/; born 21 January 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since July 2024.^[1] A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015.

Streeting served as Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty from May to November 2021, as Shadow Minister for Schools from 2020 to 2021, and as Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from April to October 2020. He was also president of the National Union of Students (NUS), and Deputy Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council.