Bob Ainsworth

Robert William " Bob" Ainsworth ( born June 19, 1952 in Coventry ) is a British Labour Party politician and former Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom.

Life

Ainsworth was born 1952 in Coventry and attended the local Foxford Comprehensive School. After leaving school, Ainsworth was employed by the company Jaguar Cars in Coventry. 1984 Ainsworth was elected to the city council of Coventry, where he remained up to the parliamentary elections in 1992.

Since 1992, Ainsworth is a deputy in the House of Commons for the Labour Party and was each 1997, 2001 and 2005, re-elected. In June 2009, Ainsworth was appointed as the successor of John Hutton of Defence. This office he held until May 11, 2010. After the change of government, he became Shadow Secretary of State for Defence in the Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman 's opposition leader; In October 2010, he was replaced in this role by Jim Murphy.

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