Jon Trickett 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.
23 Facts About Jon Trickett
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Jon Trickett was the Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator under Jeremy Corbyn from 2015 to 2017.
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Jon 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.
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Jon Trickett was later appointed Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office by Corbyn in February 2017, alongside his portfolio as Shadow Lord President of the Council.
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Jon Trickett is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, a parliamentary group of Labour MPs.
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Jon Trickett received a BA in Politics from the University of Hull, and later an MA in Political Sociology from the University of Leeds.
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Jon Trickett was active in anti-fascist and anti-war movements, and was a delegate to the Leeds Trades Council.
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Jon Trickett was first elected to Leeds City Council for the Beeston ward in 1984 at the age of 34.
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Jon Trickett replaced George Mudie as Leader of the Council in 1989, holding the leadership until 1996 and his election to Parliament.
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Jon Trickett played a significant role in rebelling against the Iraq War and participated in demonstrations against the War in London, Wakefield and Leeds.
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Jon Trickett rebelled on a number of occasions against Tony Blair's reforms to public services.
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Jon Trickett led the demands for a recall of Parliament at the time of the Israeli attacks on the Lebanon, and the campaign inside the Commons to amend the Companies Bill to secure public listed companies reporting on 'supply chain issues' in line with the suggestions of a range of non governmental organisations.
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Jon Trickett was a leading figure in the campaign to prevent a decision to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system in 2007.
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Jon Trickett had previously voted against the Blair Government's 90-day detention proposals in the Terrorism Act 2006, which had been publicly advocated by the police, and was joined by both Labour and Conservative MPs in the vote, the only time Blair was defeated in the Commons.
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Jon Trickett was appointed by the trades unions as acting chair of the board of Tribune in 2007, but gave up this role when the paper was taken over by a private proprietor.
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On 7 October 2011, Jon Trickett was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office by Labour Leader Ed Miliband.
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Jon Trickett was re-elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election with a majority of 12,078.
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Jon Trickett was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015.
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On 27 June 2016 Jon Trickett was appointed as Shadow Lord President of the Council and Campaigns and Elections Director.
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Later that year, Jon Trickett was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
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In July 2016, Jon Trickett apologised for comments on Twitter which appeared to liken an attempted coup in Turkey to attempts to oust Jeremy Corbyn.
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On 5 April 2020, following the election of Keir Starmer as Leader of the Labour Party, Jon Trickett was asked to stand down from his frontbench roles.
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Jon Trickett had backed Rebecca Long-Bailey for the party leadership.