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| name = Jack Dromey
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| image = Official portrait of Jack Dromey crop 2.jpg
| image = Official portrait of Jack Dromey crop 2.jpg
| office = [[Department for Work and Pensions|Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions]]
| office = Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions
| leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| leader = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| term_start = 12 January 2018
| term_start = 12 January 2018
| term_end =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Alex Cunningham]]
| predecessor = Alex Cunningham
| office1 = [[Department for Work and Pensions|Shadow Minister for Labour]]
| office1 = Shadow Minister for Labour
| leader1 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| leader1 = [[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| term_start1 = 10 October 2016
| term_start1 = 10 October 2016
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| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| successor1 = [[Laura Pidcock]]
| successor1 = [[Laura Pidcock]]
| office2 = [[Shadow Cabinet (UK)|Shadow Minister for Policing]]
| office2 = Shadow Minister for Policing
| leader2 = [[Ed Miliband]]<br>[[Harriet Harman]] (Acting)<br>[[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| leader2 = [[Edward Miliband]]<br>Harriet Harman (Acting)<br>[[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| term_start2 = 7 October 2013
| term_start2 = 7 October 2013
| term_end2 = 27 June 2016
| term_end2 = 27 June 2016
| predecessor2 = [[David Hanson (politician)|David Hanson]]
| predecessor2 = David Hanson
| successor2 = [[Lyn Brown (politician)|Lyn Brown]]
| successor2 = [[Lyn Brown]]
| office3 = [[Shadow Cabinet (UK)|Shadow]] [[Department of Communities and Local Government|Minister for Housing]]
| office3 = Shadow Minister for Housing
| leader3 = [[Harriet Harman]] (Acting)<br>[[Ed Miliband]]
| leader3 = Harriet Harman (Acting)<br>[[Edward Miliband]]
| term_start3 = 7 October 2010
| term_start3 = 7 October 2010
| term_end3 = 7 October 2013
| term_end3 = 7 October 2013
| predecessor3 = [[Lyn Brown (politician)|Lyn Brown]]
| predecessor3 = [[Lyn Brown]]
| successor3 = [[Andy Sawford]]
| successor3 = Andy Sawford
| office4 = [[Treasurer of the Labour Party]]
| office4 = Treasurer of the Labour Party
| leader4 = [[Tony Blair]]<br>[[Gordon Brown]]
| leader4 = Tony Blair<br>Gordon Brown
| term_start4 = 30 September 2004
| term_start4 = 30 September 2004
| term_end4 = 26 September 2010
| term_end4 = 26 September 2010
| predecessor4 = [[Jimmy Elsby]]
| predecessor4 = Jimmy Elsby
| successor4 = [[Diana Holland]]
| successor4 = Diana Holland
| office5 = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] <br> for [[Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Erdington]]
| office5 = Member of Parliament <br> for [[Birmingham, Erdington]]
| majority5 = 7,285 (19.6%)
| majority5 = 7,285 (19.6%)
| term_start5 = 6 May 2010
| term_start5 = 6 May 2010
| predecessor5 = [[Siôn Simon]]
| predecessor5 = Siôn Simon
| birth_name = John Eugene Joseph Dromey
| birth_name = John Eugene Joseph Dromey
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|09|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Brent (London borough)|Brent]], [[Middlesex]], England
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| residence = [[Herne Hill]], [[South London]] and [[Suffolk]]
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'''John Eugene Joseph Dromey'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |date=19 June 2017 |page=11778}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 29 September 1948)<ref>http://myparliament.info/member/3913</ref> is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician and [[trade unionist]]. He has been the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Birmingham Erdington]] since the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]] and was appointed [[Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)|Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government]] in the [[Ed Miliband]] shadow front bench. He became Shadow Policing Minister in 2013 but resigned from this position on 27 June 2016. On 10 October 2016, he returned to the frontbench by becoming Shadow Minister for Labour and thereafter Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jack-dromey-jeremy-corbyn-shadow-12004741|title=MP explains why he's back on Jeremy Corbyn's team after calling for his resignation|first=Jonathan|last=Walker|date=10 October 2016|work=Birmingham Mail}}</ref>
'''John Eugene Joseph Dromey''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 29 September 1948). He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Birmingham, Erdington]] since the 2010 general election and was appointed Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government in the [[Edward Miliband]] shadow front bench. He became Shadow Policing Minister in 2013 but resigned from this position on 27 June 2016. On 10 October 2016, he returned to the frontbench by becoming Shadow Minister for Labour and thereafter Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions.


He was previously the [[General Secretary|Deputy General Secretary]] of the [[Transport and General Workers Union]] and the [[Treasurer of the Labour Party]].<ref name=BrumCC2010>[http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/general-election-2010 General Election 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124063936/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/general-election-2010 |date=24 November 2011 }} Birmingham City Council</ref> He is married to [[Harriet Harman]].
He was previously the Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and the Treasurer of the Labour Party.


==Trade Union work==
==Early life and career as a trade unionist==
In the early 1970s, while working at the Brent Law Centre, Dromey was elected as Chairman of his branch of the Transport and General Workers Union and as a delegate to the Brent Trades Council. In 1973 he took a leading role in planning the occupation of Centre Point, along with prominent Housing and Direct Action campaigners Jim Radford and Ron Bailey. This high-profile event was designed to highlight and publicise the perceived injustice of London's most prominent (and tallest) building development – which included a number of luxury flats – remaining empty year after year while tens of thousands of people languished on housing waiting lists across the capital. The event was postponed in 1973 but eventually carried out successfully in January the following year.
Dromey was born to Irish parents in [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]] and raised in [[Kilburn, London]]. He was educated at [[Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School]], Holland Park, which was a [[Grammar School]] at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rfu.com/news/2013/february/news-articles/040213_dromey_all_schools |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-03-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315105519/https://www.rfu.com/news/2013/february/news-articles/040213_dromey_all_schools |archivedate=15 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-251536#ww-9780199540884-e-251536</ref>


Jack Dromey built a reputation as an effective speaker and organiser in the Trade Union Movement and through his involvement with Brent Trades Council and the Greater London Association of Trades Councils, who sent him as a delegate to the South East Regional Council of the Trades Union Congress. As an officer of the local Trades Council he also had a prominent role in supporting the strike at the Grunwick film processing laboratory which lasted from 1976 to 1978. The mostly-female Asian workforce at Grunwick went on strike to demand that company boss George Ward recognise their union; instead, Ward dismissed the strikers, leading to a two-year-long confrontation involving mass picketing and some violence. The strike was ultimately unsuccessful.
In the early 1970s, while working at the Brent Law Centre, Dromey was elected as Chairman of his branch of the [[Transport and General Workers Union]] and as a delegate to the Brent Trades Council. In 1973 he took a leading role in planning the occupation of [[Centre Point]],<ref name=hansard-20140625>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140625/debtext/140625-0002.htm |title=Private Rented Sector |publisher=UK Parliament |work=Hansard |author=Jack Dromey |id=25 June 2014 : Column 351 |date=25 June 2014 |accessdate=23 January 2016}}</ref> along with prominent Housing and [[Direct Action]] campaigners [[Jim Radford]] and Ron Bailey. This high-profile event was designed to highlight and publicise the perceived injustice of London's most prominent (and tallest) building development – which included a number of luxury flats – remaining empty year after year while tens of thousands of people languished on housing waiting lists across the capital. The event was postponed in 1973 but eventually carried out successfully in January the following year.


Dromey was elected Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, having lost the 2003 election for General Secretary to Tony Woodley by a wide margin. Dromey is active in the Labour Party, serving on its National Executive Committee (NEC).
Jack Dromey built a reputation as an effective speaker and organiser in the Trade Union Movement and through his involvement with Brent Trades Council and the [[Greater London Association of Trade Union Councils|Greater London Association of Trades Councils]], who sent him as a delegate to the South East Regional Council of the [[Trades Union Congress]]. As an officer of the local Trades Council he also had a prominent role in supporting the [[Grunwick dispute|strike at the Grunwick film processing laboratory]] which lasted from 1976 to 1978. The mostly-female Asian workforce at Grunwick went on strike to demand that company boss George Ward recognise their union; instead, Ward dismissed the strikers, leading to a two-year-long confrontation involving mass picketing and some violence. The strike was ultimately unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manzoor|first=Sarfraz|title=How Asian women made trade union history and shattered stereotypes|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/20/asian-women-trade-union-grunwick|accessdate=14 October 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=20 January 2010}}</ref>

Dromey was elected Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, having lost the 2003 election for General Secretary to [[Tony Woodley]] by a wide margin. Dromey is active in the Labour Party, serving on its [[National Executive Committee]] (NEC).

==Donation scandals==

===Cash for peerages===
On 15 March 2006, in the [[Cash for Peerages]] scandal, Dromey spoke of not being aware – despite his being party treasurer – of £3.5 million loaned to the Labour Party in 2005 by three persons who were subsequently nominated for [[life peerage]]s ([[Chai Patel]], [[David Garrard (property developer)|Sir David Garrard]], and [[Barry Townsley]]). Loans made on commercial terms, as was claimed to be the case here, are not subject to reporting requirements to the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]].

Dromey stated publicly that neither he nor Labour's elected NEC chairman [[Jeremy Beecham|Sir Jeremy Beecham]] had knowledge of or involvement in the loans and had only become aware when he read about it in the newspapers. Dromey stated that he was regularly consulted about conventional bank loans. As well as announcing his own investigation he called on the Electoral Commission to investigate the issue of political parties taking out loans from non-commercial sources. His resulting report was discussed by the NEC on 21 March 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Assinder|first=Nick|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4829308.stm|title=Labour moves to close funding row|publisher=BBC News|date=22 March 2006|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>

===Labour Party donations scandal===
Dromey was caught up in further financial scandals in 2007 as he was responsible for party finances, which included more than £630,000 in [[Labour party proxy and undeclared donations (2007)|illegal donations from David Abrahams]]. Dromey again claimed to know nothing of the donations, with critics wondering why he had not examined the issue more closely<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-499510/Knives-Labours-golden-couple-Harriet-Harman-Jack-Dromey.html|title=Knives out for Labour's 'golden couple' Harriet Harman and Jack Dromey|publisher=Mail Online|date=4 December 2007|accessdate=12 April 2010|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-496689/Brown-hangs-Harman-dry-ministers-face-questions-sleaze-scandal.html |title=Brown hangs Harman out to dry as three top ministers face questions over sleaze scandal|publisher=Mail Online|date=28 November 2007|accessdate=12 April 2010|location=London}}</ref> Harriet Harman, Dromey's wife, was also caught up in the affair, as her staff had solicited and accepted illegal donations totalling £5,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/harman+did+solicit+donation/1117347 |title=Harman did solicit donation |work= Channel 4 News |date=29 November 2007 |accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>

As a result of this incident, there was growing concern about the fitness of Dromey to act as treasurer and Mark McDonald challenged Dromey for the position at re-election. McDonald argued that more transparency was needed: he was unsuccessful in his challenge.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7228918.stm|title=Dromey facing treasurer challenge|publisher=BBC News|date=5 February 2008|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641303826|title=Harriet Harman's Husband Jack Dromey Challenged For Labour Treasurer|publisher=Sky News|date=|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>


==Parliamentary career==
==Parliamentary career==
In February 2010, Siôn Simon, Labour MP for Birmingham, Erdington since June 2001, announced his intention to stand down at the imminent general election. The National Executive Committee of the Labour Party swiftly announced that Birmingham Erdington would be an open short-list. Dromey was confirmed to have made that short-list. It was further confirmed on 27 February 2010, that Dromey was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Birmingham Erdington. He was elected on 6 May 2010.
[[File:Frank Sharry and Jack Dromey MP (6357735845).jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Dromey (right) with [[Frank Sharry]] at [[Chatham House]] in 2011]]
Dromey first sought to stand for Labour at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]], though he failed to make the shortlist for the [[Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract and Castleford]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/election-97-dromey-off-safe-seat-shortlist-1264876.html|title=Election '97: Dromey off safe seat shortlist|publisher=The Independent|date=3 April 1997|accessdate=12 April 2010|location=London}}</ref>

Dromey again sought a [[safe seat]] in 2007 when there were plans for a [[general election]] to be called. The [[General Secretary of the Labour Party|Labour General Secretary]] at that time [[Peter Watt]] later revealed that the trade union [[Unite the Union|Unite]] had given £1 million in donations on the assumption of the safe seat of [[Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton North East]] being given to Dromey.<ref name="timesonline1">[http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Test/politics/article186113.ece Union gift sparks 'cash for seats' row], ''The Sunday Times'', 27 September 2009</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Peter Watt |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241989/Peter-weve-spent-10-years-working-Gordon-dont-like-The-public-know-like-too.html |title=Peter, we've spent 10 years working with Gordon and we don't like him. The more the public get to know, the less they will like him too|publisher=Mail Online|date=10 January 2010|accessdate=12 April 2010|location=London}}</ref>

In August 2009, it was revealed that senior Labour figures thought Dromey was likely to be selected in the [[Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)|Leyton and Wanstead]] constituency for the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6033572/Harriet-Harmans-husband-Jack-Dromey-lined-up-for-safe-Labour-seat.html|title=Harriet Harman's husband, Jack Dromey, lined up for safe Labour seat|publisher=Telegraph|date=15 August 2009|accessdate=12 April 2010| first=Patrick|last=Hennessy|location=London}}</ref> The chair of Leyton and Wanstead [[Constituency Labour Party]] said he would be "somewhat aggrieved" were Dromey selected<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/wfnews/4734750.LEYTON__Dromey__could_be_parachuted_in__as_Labour_candidate|title=Activists concerned about possible selection of Harriet Harman's husband|work=East London and West Essex Guardian|date=12 November 2009|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> and Dromey's wife Harriet Harman had campaigned for [[all-women shortlists]] in safe seats.<ref name="timesonline1"/> The party's candidates for the constituency were due to be announced in November 2009, though this was delayed for at least two months, with ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' alleging that the announcement was going to be made at the last possible minute so Dromey could be imposed as the candidate using emergency rules.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gilligan|first=Andrew|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6547724/Plot-to-give-Harriet-Harmans-husband-a-safe-seat.html|title='Plot' to give Harriet Harman's husband a safe seat|publisher=Telegraph|date=12 November 2009|accessdate=12 April 2010|location=London}}</ref> It was revealed in January 2010 that the seat would not be subject to an all-woman shortlist,<ref>{{cite news|last=Eden|first=Richard|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7063008/Harriet-Harmans-husband-Jack-Dromey-may-benefit-from-feminist-retreat.html|title=Harriet Harman's husband Jack Dromey may benefit from feminist retreat|publisher=Telegraph|date=23 January 2010|accessdate=12 April 2010|location=London}}</ref> but the Constituency Labour Party subsequently selected former Hornchurch MP [[John Cryer]] as its candidate on 27 February.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/wfnews/5032894.LEYTON_WANSTEAD__Labour_candidate_speaks_on_selection/ |title=Labour candidate speaks on selection|work=East London and West Essex Guardian|date=28 February 2010|accessdate=29 April 2012}}</ref>
In February 2010, [[Siôn Simon]], Labour MP for [[Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Erdington]] since June 2001, announced his intention to stand down at the imminent general election. The National Executive Committee of the Labour Party swiftly announced that Birmingham Erdington would be an open short-list. Dromey was confirmed to have made that short-list. It was further confirmed on 27 February 2010, that Dromey was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Birmingham Erdington.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7327261/Harriet-Harmans-husband-Jack-Dromey-to-stand-in-next-election.html|title=Harriet Harman's husband Jack Dromey to stand in next election|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> He was elected on 6 May 2010.<ref name=BrumCC2010/>

In November 2011 [[John Lyon (commissioner)|John Lyon]], the [[Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards]] launched an investigation into allegations that Dromey had failed to declare thousands of pounds in salary. Dromey's entry in the register of Members' interests stated he had declined his salary from Unite since entering Parliament. However, in October 2011 he changed his entry to state "Between the General Election and 30 October 2010, I received £27,867 in salary."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/politics-news/2011/11/09/birmingham-mp-jack-dromey-accused-of-not-declaring-union-salary-65233-29743248/|title=Politics|publisher=}}</ref> Dromey apologised to the House of Commons on 19 January 2012, in relation to this mistake.

==Marriage and family==
Dromey married [[Harriet Harman]] in 1982 in the borough of [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]], after meeting her on the picket line of the [[Grunwick dispute]] in 1977; Harman was legal advisor to the Grunwick Strike Committee. They have two sons (born February 1983 and November 1984) and a daughter (born January 1987). Labour colleague [[Patricia Hewitt]] is godmother to one of their children.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5780320.ece Profile: Harriet Harman], ''Times Online'', 22 February 2009</ref>. Their son Joe Dromey is a councillor in the London borough of Lewisham<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Dromey|url=http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1132|website=Lewisham Council}}</ref>.

The couple decided to send their children to selective schools, the subject of negative comment at the time because it runs counter to Labour Party policy. Dromey served for ten years on the executive of the [[National Council for Civil Liberties]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulnerableworkers.org.uk/about/commission-members/jack-dromey |title=Dromey biodata |accessdate=28 September 2013 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721021449/http://www.vulnerableworkers.org.uk/about/commission-members/jack-dromey |archivedate=21 July 2007 |df= }}</ref> a pressure group for which Harman worked as legal officer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/4949555/Harriet-Harman-under-attack-over-bid-to-water-down-child-pornography-law.html|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Martin|last=Beckford|title=Harriet Harman under attack over bid to water down child pornography law|date=9 March 2009}}</ref>

They have a house in [[Suffolk]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/19/nharman119.xml|title=Harriet Harman avoids court over speeding|first=David|last=Sapsted|date=21 September 2007|accessdate=2 December 2007|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|location=London}}</ref> in addition to a home in [[Herne Hill]], south London.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7443284.stm|title=Father's rooftop protest goes on|publisher=BBC News|date=9 June 2008|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>

== Select committees ==

*[[Regulatory Reform Committee]] (2010–present)
*[[Business, Innovation and Skills Committee]] (2010–2011)

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
;Party websites
*[http://www.jackdromey.org/ Jack Dromey] MP for Birmingham Erdington
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110910170338/http://www.birmingham-labour.org.uk/erdington Jack Dromey MP] Birmingham Labour, Erdington
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101230193733/http://www.erdingtonlabour.org.uk/ Erdington Labour Party]

;Profiles
*{{UK MP links |parliament=jack-dromey/3913 |publicwhip=Jack_Dromey |theywork=jack_dromey}}
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4812462.stm Profile: Labour treasurer Jack Dromey at BBC News] 16 March 2006
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/47128.stm Democracy Live | Your representatives | Jack Dromey]
*[https://archive.is/20130119012733/http://whoknowswho.channel4.com/people/Jack_Dromey Jack Dromey • Who Knows Who] Channel4
*[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/12996/jack-dromey Jack Dromey: Electoral history and profile | Politics | guardian.co.uk]
*{{C-SPAN|jackdromey}}

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Revision as of 22:55, 2 June 2018


Jack Dromey
MP
Dromey in 2017
Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions
Assumed office
12 January 2018
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by Alex Cunningham
Shadow Minister for Labour
In office
10 October 2016 – 12 January 2018
Leader Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Laura Pidcock
Shadow Minister for Policing
In office
7 October 2013 – 27 June 2016
Leader Edward Miliband
Harriet Harman (Acting)
Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by David Hanson
Succeeded by Lyn Brown
Shadow Minister for Housing
In office
7 October 2010 – 7 October 2013
Leader Harriet Harman (Acting)
Edward Miliband
Preceded by Lyn Brown
Succeeded by Andy Sawford
Treasurer of the Labour Party
In office
30 September 2004 – 26 September 2010
Leader Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded by Jimmy Elsby
Succeeded by Diana Holland
Member of Parliament
for Birmingham, Erdington
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by Siôn Simon
Majority 7,285 (19.6%)
Personal details
Born John Eugene Joseph Dromey
(1948-09-29) 29 September 1948 (age 75)
Website Jack Dromey

John Eugene Joseph Dromey MP (born 29 September 1948). He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham, Erdington since the 2010 general election and was appointed Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government in the Edward Miliband shadow front bench. He became Shadow Policing Minister in 2013 but resigned from this position on 27 June 2016. On 10 October 2016, he returned to the frontbench by becoming Shadow Minister for Labour and thereafter Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions.

He was previously the Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and the Treasurer of the Labour Party.

Trade Union work

In the early 1970s, while working at the Brent Law Centre, Dromey was elected as Chairman of his branch of the Transport and General Workers Union and as a delegate to the Brent Trades Council. In 1973 he took a leading role in planning the occupation of Centre Point, along with prominent Housing and Direct Action campaigners Jim Radford and Ron Bailey. This high-profile event was designed to highlight and publicise the perceived injustice of London's most prominent (and tallest) building development – which included a number of luxury flats – remaining empty year after year while tens of thousands of people languished on housing waiting lists across the capital. The event was postponed in 1973 but eventually carried out successfully in January the following year.

Jack Dromey built a reputation as an effective speaker and organiser in the Trade Union Movement and through his involvement with Brent Trades Council and the Greater London Association of Trades Councils, who sent him as a delegate to the South East Regional Council of the Trades Union Congress. As an officer of the local Trades Council he also had a prominent role in supporting the strike at the Grunwick film processing laboratory which lasted from 1976 to 1978. The mostly-female Asian workforce at Grunwick went on strike to demand that company boss George Ward recognise their union; instead, Ward dismissed the strikers, leading to a two-year-long confrontation involving mass picketing and some violence. The strike was ultimately unsuccessful.

Dromey was elected Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, having lost the 2003 election for General Secretary to Tony Woodley by a wide margin. Dromey is active in the Labour Party, serving on its National Executive Committee (NEC).

Parliamentary career

In February 2010, Siôn Simon, Labour MP for Birmingham, Erdington since June 2001, announced his intention to stand down at the imminent general election. The National Executive Committee of the Labour Party swiftly announced that Birmingham Erdington would be an open short-list. Dromey was confirmed to have made that short-list. It was further confirmed on 27 February 2010, that Dromey was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Birmingham Erdington. He was elected on 6 May 2010.

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