Jon Ashworth
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Jon Ashworth MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Health | |
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Assumed office 7 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Jeremy Hunt |
| Preceded by | Diane Abbott |
| Shadow Minister without Portfolio | |
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In office 14 September 2015 – 7 October 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadowing | Robert Halfon |
| Preceded by | Jon Trickett |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Gwynne |
| Deputy Chair of the Labour Party | |
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Assumed office 11 July 2013 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Tom Watson |
| Member of Parliament for Leicester South |
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Assumed office 5 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Soulsby |
| Majority | 17,845 (38.9%) |
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14 October 1978 Salford, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Emilie Oldknow |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Website | Official website |
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth (born 14 October 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative party politician and the Member of Parliament for Leicester South. He was elected to the seat in a by-election on 5 May 2011 following the resignation of his predecessor Peter Soulsby who stepped down to run for office as Mayor of Leicester. He was an adviser to Gordon Brown and head of party relations for Ed Miliband.
He is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Health shadowing Jeremy Hunt.
Ashworth was born in Salford, raised in north Manchester and educated at Philips High School in Bury and Bury College before studying at the University of Durham. In 2000 he served as National Secretary of Labour Students.
Ashworth began working for the Labour Party as a Political Research Officer in 2001, and was the Economics and Welfare Policy Officer from 2002 to 2004. In 2003 he was seconded to Scottish Labour Party to work on the Scottish Parliament election campaign where he worked closely with Chancellor Gordon Brown.
From 2004 he was appointed as Special Adviser to Chief Secretaries to the Treasury Paul Boateng, Des Browne and Stephen Timms, but in practice he worked for Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. His main job was liaising with the Labour movement and an Evening Standard profile said "his contact book was "stuffed with constituency officers and union organisers", and there was newspaper speculation that he would be Political Secretary at 10 Downing Street in a Brown government.
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