Jonathan Rowland Shaw (born 3 June 1966) is a British
Labour Party politician
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who served as the
Member of Parliament
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for
Chatham and Aylesford from
1997
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to
2010. He also served in the
Government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...
as the
Minister for Disabled People
The Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work is a mid-level minister in the Department for Work and Pensions of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for disabled people. The position is currently held by Tom Pursglove. ...
from 2008 to 2010. He is currently the CEO of
Policy Connect
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.
Early life
Shaw was educated at Vinters Boys' School,
West Kent College and Bromley College.
Parliamentary career
A former member of
Rochester-upon-Medway City Council, Shaw was first elected to the
House of Commons
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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
Ruth Maria Kelly (born 9 May 1968) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West from 1997 until she stood down in 2010. Previously, she served as the Secretary of State for Transport, ...
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
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(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
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, replacing
Anne McGuire
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,
Community care website
while retaining his position as Minister for the South East.
Shaw lost his seat at the 2010 general election to Tracey Crouch
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of the Conservative Party
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'' South East in July 2010, he said that he had withdrawn from public life. Shaw is now the Chief Executive of
, an independent, cross-party not-for-profit social enterprise with two decades in policy work.