John Denham
Politician
1953 –
Who is John Denham?
John Yorke Denham FRSA is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen since 1992. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills from 2007 to 2009 and as the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2009 to 2010.
He was the Shadow Business Secretary in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet from 2010 to 2011, when he announced that he would be standing down as an MP at the next election, and retired from the front-bench in order to become Miliband's Parliamentary Private Secretary.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1953
Seaton - Religion
- Humanism
- Secular Humanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Southampton
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on July 23, 2013
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