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2011-06-20 |
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| Name | Jack Straw |
| Address |
Blackburn, , United Kingdom |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 03, 1946
(77 years)
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| Info | John Whitaker Straw
Personal details
Married 1978, Alice Perkins
1 son, 1 daughter.
Education
Brentwood School
Leeds University (LLB 1967)
Inns of Court School of Law 1972.
Non-political career
President, National Union of Students 1969-71
Called to the Bar, Inner Temple 1972
Special adviser: to Barbara Castle, MP as Secretary of State for Social Services 1974-76
to Peter Shore, MP as Secretary of State for the Environment 1976-77
Member, staff of Granada Television "World in Action" 1977-79
Elected Master of Bench of the Inner Temple 1997.
Electoral history
Contested Tonbridge and Malling February 1974 general election. Member for Blackburn since May 1979.
Government Positions
Home Secretary 1997-2001, Foreign Secretary 2001-2006, Leader of the House of Commons 2006-2007, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor 2007-2010.
Opposition Positions
Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Treasury and Economic Affairs 1980-83, Environment 1983-87. Shadow Education Secretary 1987-92, Shadow Environment Secretary 1992-94
Shadow Home Secretary 1994-97, Shadow Justice Secretary & Shadow Lord Chancellor 2010. John Whitaker Straw
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