Hilary Benn
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The Right Honourable Hilary Benn MP |
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| Chair of the Exiting the European Union Select Committee | |
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Assumed office 19 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 26 June 2016 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Emily Thornberry |
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Shadow First Secretary of State Acting |
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In office 11 May 2015 – 13 September 2015 |
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| Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Harriet Harman (Shadow Deputy Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Angela Eagle |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Caroline Flint |
| Succeeded by | Emma Reynolds |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Rosie Winterton |
| Succeeded by | Angela Eagle |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Nick Herbert |
| Succeeded by | Mary Creagh |
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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In office 28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | David Miliband |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Spelman |
| Secretary of State for International Development | |
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In office 6 October 2003 – 28 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Amos |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Member of Parliament for Leeds Central |
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Assumed office 10 June 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Derek Fatchett |
| Majority | 16,967 (37.7%) |
| Personal details | |
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Hilary James Wedgwood Benn 26 November 1953 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Rosalind Retey (1973–1979) Sally Clark (1982–present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Website | Official website |
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn (born 26 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central since a by-election in 1999. He served in the cabinet from 2003 to 2010, under the premierships of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. From 2010 to 2016, he served in various Labour Party shadow cabinets, most recently as Shadow Foreign Secretary from May 2015 to June 2016, when he was dismissed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. In October 2016, he was elected as the Chair of the new Exiting the European Union Select Committee.
Born in Hammersmith, he is the son of Labour politician Tony Benn and educationalist Caroline Benn. He studied Russian and East European Studies at the University of Sussex and went on to work as a policy researcher for two trade unions, ASTMS and MSF. After joining the Labour Party, Benn was elected as a councillor on Ealing Borough Council on which he served for several years, becoming its deputy leader, and was also the unsuccessful Labour parliamentary candidate for the Ealing North constituency twice. After the 1997 general election, Benn was appointed as a special adviser to David Blunkett before winning a by-election in Leeds Central in 1999.
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