Jon Cruddas

Jon Cruddas MP
Official portrait, 2020
Policy Coordinator of the Labour Party
In office 15 May 2012 – 11 May 2015
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Liam Byrne
Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham Dagenham (2001–2010)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Judith Church
Majority	293 (0.7%)
Personal details
Born	(1962-04-07) 7 April 1962 (age 62) Helston, Cornwall, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Anna Healey ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Warwick
Signature
Website	www.joncruddas.org.uk
Academic background
Thesis	An analysis of value theory, the sphere of production and contemporary approaches to the reorganisation of workplace relations (1991)

Jonathan Cruddas^[1] (born 7 April 1962) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dagenham and Rainham since 2010, and formerly for Dagenham between 2001 and 2010.

A graduate of the University of Warwick, Cruddas was first elected to Parliament at the 2001 general election. Having been critical of many aspects of the Blair government, he stood for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party in 2007, although he openly stated he did not wish to become Deputy Prime Minister. Despite winning the most votes in the first round of voting, he was eliminated in the penultimate round of the contest.

Cruddas ruled himself out of the 2010 leadership election, saying he would rather influence policy. In 2012, Cruddas was appointed to Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet, replacing Liam Byrne as Policy Coordinator.

In August 2022 Cruddas announced his intention to retire from Parliament at the next General Election.^[2]