Jo Platt
| Jo Platt MP | |
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 Official Parliamentary Portrait of Jo Platt | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
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Assumed office 13 July 2017 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Shadow Sec. | Angela Rayner |
| Member of Parliament for Leigh | |
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Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Andy Burnham |
| Majority | 9,554 (20.3%) |
| Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People | |
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In office June 2014 – June 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer Bullen |
| Councillor for Astley and Mosley Common Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan | |
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In office 3 May 2012 – 5 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sean Ell |
| Succeeded by | Paula Wakefield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joanne Marie Platt |
Joanne Marie Platt was elected Member of Parliament for Leigh at the 2017 General Election, succeeding Andy Burnham, who left Parliament to become the Mayor of Greater Manchester. She is Leigh's first female MP.
On July 13, 2017, she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Angela Rayner and she is also a Member of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee. Platt was a councillor and was Portfolio holder for Children and Young People's Services on Wigan Council, until she became a Member of Parliament. She officially stepped down as borough councillor on September 5, 2017. She won her Leigh seat with 26,347 votes or 56.2% of the total votes cast.