Jonathan Shaw (politician)

Jonathan Rowland Shaw (born 3 June 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford from 1997 to 2010. He also served in the Government as the Minister for Disabled People from 2008 to 2010. He was the CEO of Policy Connect and currently serves on the board.[2] He chairs the Blackthorn Trust.

Jonathan Shaw
Shaw in 2007
Minister for the South East
In office
28 June 2007 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of State for Disabled People[lower-alpha 1]
In office
5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byAnne McGuire
Succeeded byMaria Miller
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs
In office
28 June 2007 – 5 October 2008
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byBarry Gardiner
Succeeded byHuw Irranca-Davies
Member of Parliament
for Chatham and Aylesford
In office
1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTracey Crouch
Member of Rochester-upon-Medway City Council
for Wayfield
In office
4 May 1995 – 31 March 1998[1]
Personal details
Born (1966-06-03) 3 June 1966
Chatham, Kent, England
Political partyLabour

Early life

Shaw was educated at Vinters Boys' School, West Kent College and Bromley College.[3]

Parliamentary career

A former member of Rochester-upon-Medway City Council, Shaw was first elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election; which resulted in a nationwide landslide for the Labour Party. He was re-elected in 2001, with a majority of 4,340 votes and again in 2005; with a reduced majority of 2,332 votes.

Shaw served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ruth Kelly as Secretary of State for Education and Skills in 2005–06. He was also an Assistant Government Whip in 2006–07, prior to joining The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as Minister for Fisheries.

Shaw served as a member of the Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee (1997–2001), and the Education and Skills Select Committee (2001–05). In July 2007, Shaw was appointed Minister for the South East of England.

Following a Cabinet reshuffle in October 2008, Shaw was moved to the DWP, becoming a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and Minister for Disabled People, replacing Anne McGuire,[4] while retaining his position as Minister for the South East.

Shaw lost his seat at the 2010 general election to Tracey Crouch of the Conservative Party. On the BBC Politics Show South East in July 2010, he said that he had withdrawn from public life. Shaw went on to be the Chief Executive of Policy Connect, an independent, cross-party not-for-profit social enterprise with two decades in policy work.

Personal life

While an MP, Shaw lived in Snodland in his constituency.

Notes
  1. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (2008–09)

References
  1. "J Shaw". Medway Elects. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. "Our team | Policy Connect". www.policyconnect.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. Guardian article
  4. Community care website Archived 10 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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