Jonathan Rowland Shaw (born 3 June 1966) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford since 1997. Shaw is currently a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions as well as Minister for the South East of England.
Shaw was educated at Vinters Boys' School, West Kent College and Bromley College.
After completing a course in social care he qualified as a social wor...
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Jonathan Rowland Shaw (born 3 June 1966) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford since 1997. Shaw is currently a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions as well as Minister for the South East of England.
Shaw was educated at Vinters Boys' School, West Kent College and Bromley College.
After completing a course in social care he qualified as a social worker in 1990, and initially worked for Kent County Council. In 1993 he became a Rochester City Councillor, representing Chatham.
Shaw was first elected into the House of Commons during the 1997 national swing to Labour with a majority of 2,790. He was re-elected in 2001 with a majority of 4,340 and again in 2005 with a majority of 2,332.
Shaw was 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 before joining The Department for...
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