John McDonnell

John McDonnell
Official portrait, 2021
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
13 September 2015 – 5 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byChris Leslie
Succeeded byAnneliese Dodds
Deputy Leader of the Greater London Council
In office
7 May 1984 – 7 May 1985
LeaderKen Livingstone
Preceded byIlltyd Harrington
Succeeded byMichael Ward
Member of Parliament
for Hayes and Harlington
Assumed office
1 May 1997
Preceded byTerry Dicks
Majority9,261 (21.1%)
Member of the Greater London Council
for Hayes and Harlington
In office
7 May 1981 – 31 March 1986
Preceded byArthur H. S. Hull
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
John Martin McDonnell

(1951-09-08) 8 September 1951 (age 72)
Liverpool, England
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Campaign Group
Spouses
Marilyn Jean Cooper
(m. 1971; div. 1987)
Cynthia Marie Pinto
(m. 1995)
Children3
EducationGreat Yarmouth Grammar School
St Joseph's College, Ipswich
Burnley Technical College[1]
Alma materBrunel University
Birkbeck, University of London
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997.

McDonnell served as chair of the Socialist Campaign Group in Parliament and Labour Representation Committee; he also chaired the Public Services Not Private Profit Group. He is also parliamentary convenor of the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group of eight left-wing trade unions representing over half a million workers. McDonnell attempted to stand for the position of Labour Party leader following Tony Blair's resignation in 2007, but failed to get enough nominations.[2] He was a candidate for the party leadership again in 2010 following Gordon Brown's resignation after Labour's electoral defeat,[3] but withdrew in favour of Diane Abbott, feeling that he would be unable to secure enough nominations.[4]

Alongside Jeremy Corbyn, McDonnell has been seen as a key figure on the left-wing of the party.[5] After being elected Labour leader in 2015, Corbyn appointed McDonnell to his Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. As Shadow Chancellor, McDonnell pledged to increase spending on infrastructure and research, describing his vision for the economy as "socialism with an iPad".[6]

  1. ^ "A profile of John McDonnell – new shadow chancellor". BBC News. BBC. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown will enter No 10 unopposed". BBC News. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Labour MP John McDonnell to stand in the leadership campaign". Daily Mirror. 16 May 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  4. ^ McDonnell, John (9 June 2010). "I'm withdrawing from Labour leadership race". Labour Representation Committee. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. ^ Hall, Duncan (2011). A2 Government and Politics: Ideologies and Ideologies in Action. Lulu.com. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-1-4477-3399-7.[self-published source]
  6. ^ "Labour wants 'socialism with an iPad' says McDonnell". BBC News. 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

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