John Denham (politician)

John Yorke Denham ( born July 15, 1953) is a British Labour Party politician.

Policy

John Denham was in the government of Tony Blair UK Minister of State at the Home Office and deputy secretary David Blunkett. He resigned on 18 March 2003 in protest against the Iraq policy of the government. From June 2007 he was a member of the cabinet of the government of Gordon Brown. First Minister for Innovation and universities, he moved in a cabinet remodeling in June 2009 as the successor of Hazel Blears on the minister for local government and local politics. After the lost general election in May 2010, he had to give up this post.

He is also a member of the House and of the Privy Council.

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  • Third resignation in protest against Blair in Spiegel Online (viewed on January 26, 2009)

Gordon Brown | Alistair Darling | David Miliband | Jack Straw | Alan Johnson | Janet Royall | Harriet Harman | Peter Mandelson | Yvette Cooper | Andrew Burnham | Bob Ainsworth | Douglas Alexander | Edward Balls | John Denham | Hilary Benn | Ed Miliband | Jim Murphy | Peter Hain | Shaun Woodward | Andrew Adonis | Ben Bradshaw | Liam Byrne | Tessa Jowell | Nick Brown | John Healey | Jim Knight | Mark Malloch Brown | Paul Drayson

Former members: Jacqui Smith | Catherine Ashton | John Hutton | James Purnell | Hazel Blears | Paul Murphy | Des Browne | Ruth Kelly | Geoff Hoon | Caroline Flint | Margaret Beckett | Tony McNulty | Bruce Grocott

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