Jon Trickett

Jon Trickett
Official portrait, 2017
Member of Parliament
for Normanton and Hemsworth
Hemsworth (1996–2024)
Assumed office
1 February 1996
Preceded byDerek Enright
Majority6,662 (18.3%)
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
4 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byIan Austin
Succeeded byDesmond Swayne
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2017–2020Cabinet Office
2016–2020Lord President of the Council
2016–2016Business, Innovation and Skills
2015–2017National Campaign Coordinator
2015–2016Communities and Local Government
2013–2015Without Portfolio
2011–2013Cabinet Office
Leader of Leeds City Council
In office
1989–1996
Preceded byGeorge Mudie
Succeeded byBrian Walker
Member of Leeds City Council
for Beeston
In office
28 September 1984 – 1996
Preceded byMichael McGowan
Succeeded byAngela Gabriel
Personal details
Born
Jon Hedley Trickett

(1950-07-02) 2 July 1950 (age 74)
Leeds, England
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Campaign Group
Alma materUniversity of Hull (BA)
University of Leeds (MA)
WebsiteOfficial website

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

  1. ^ "Jon Trickett". 14 May 2003. Retrieved 19 June 2024.