John Healey

John Healey ( born February 13, 1960 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England ) is a British Labour Party politician, who is a member of the House of Commons since 1997.

Life

Professional activities and lower house deputy

After visiting the Lady Lumley 's School in Pickering and the St Peter 's School in York Healey studied social and political sciences at Christ 's College, University of Cambridge and was after graduation 1983-1984 Associate Editor of The House Magazine, in the internal magazine of the British Parliament. In the following years he organized for various social organizations campaigns for people with disabilities before he was between 1989 and 1992 Tutor at The Open University. After then working as communications director at the union Manufacturing, Science and Finance ( MSF) he was between 1994 and 1997 campaigns director for the Trades Union Congress (TUC ), the umbrella organization of British unions.

After he strove at the general election in 1992 in the constituency Ryedale without success to a seat in the House of Commons, he was at the general election of 1 May 1997 in the constituency of Wentworth for the first time in the lower house and heard this since then, giving priority to the since the general election May 6, 2010 the constituency of Wentworth and Dearne represents. At the beginning of his parliamentary membership between 1997 and 1999 he was a member of the House Committee on Education and Employment and of its Subcommittee on Employment and then from 1999 to 2001 Parliamentary Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.

Government offices and opposition politicians

In June 2001, he took over as " junior ministers " his first government post when he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Education and performance and was there last until May 2002 responsible for the performance of adults. Following his appointment was made to the Secretary of Commerce in the Treasury (Economic Secretary to the Treasury), and held that post until May 2005. During this time he was between December 2004 and April 2005, a member of the parliamentary committee for the revision of tax laws and following from May 2005 to June 2007 Financial Secretary to the Treasury ( Financial Secretary to the Treasury ), and at the same time a member of the House Committee on public budgets and again from December 2005 to January 2009 Member of the parliamentary committee for the revision of the tax laws.

In June 2007, Healey, Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government and as such was responsible to June 2009 in the area of ​​local government. Between June and September 2009, he was Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government with responsibility for housing and then with responsibility for Housing and Planning. Having to March 2010 as Minister of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government had no special competence of November 2009, he was there again last until the end of the term of office of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Minister of State for Housing and Planning. At the same time he was from June 2008 to December 2009 Member of the Committee of the lower house speaker ( Speaker's Committee) and most recently from December 1980 to December 2009 Member of the Electoral Commission.

After the election defeat of the Labour Party at the general election on 6 May 2010 he was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet of the new Labour leader Ed Miliband and was first decide " Shadow Minister for Housing " and since 2010 " Shadow Health Minister ". At the same time he was between 2010 and 2011 Vice- President of the Union of Local Authorities ( Local Government Association ).

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