Jonathan Rowland Shaw (born 3 June 1966) is a British Labour Party

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who served as the

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for

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from

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. He also served in the

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as the

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from 2008 to 2010. He is currently the CEO of Policy Connect.

Early life

Shaw was educated at Vinters Boys' School,

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and Bromley College.

Parliamentary career

A former member of Rochester-upon-Medway City Council, Shaw was first elected to the

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at the 1997 general election; which resulted in a nationwide landslide for the Labour Party. He was re-elected in

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, with a majority of 4,340 votes and again in

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; with a reduced majority of 2,332 votes. Shaw served as

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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

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as Minister for Fisheries. Shaw served as a member of the Commons

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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

, replacing

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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 Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch (born 24 July 1975) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, she gained the seat from Labour's Jonathan S ...

of the

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. On the BBC '' Politics Show'' South East in July 2010, he said that he had withdrawn from public life. Shaw is now 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 Snodland is a town in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It lies on the River Medway, between Rochester and Maidstone, and from central London. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 10,211. History "Snoddingland" ...

in his constituency.

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References

External links

Archived websiteJonathan Shaw profile - Department for Work and Pensions
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