Stephen Timms

Who is Stephen Timms?

Stephen Creswell Timms is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for East Ham since 1994. Timms served in the Government several times, as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1999 to 2001, 2004 to 2005, and 2008 to 2010. He was also in the Cabinet from 2006 to 2007 as the Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007. He is currently the Shadow Minister of State for Employment, and at 27,826, has the largest majority of any sitting MP, having got 70.4% of the local vote. On 14 May 2010, he survived a murder attempt made by a constituent, Roshonara Choudhry.