Wes Streeting
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| Born | Wesley Paul William Streeting 21 January 1983 Stepney, London, England |
| Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
| Partner | Joseph Dancey |
Wes Streeting is being formed as a "new Tony Blair" | |
Wes Streeting is a British Labour Party politician whom PM Andy Burnham appointed UK/Defence Secretary in July 2026.[1]
Streeting has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015. In the UK/General election/2024, he was only narrowly re-elected with 15,647 votes – a drop of over 20% in vote share and a majority of just 528 – when challenged by the Independent pro-Palestinian candidate Leanne Mohamad who gained 15,119 votes.[2]
On 5 July 2024, Wes Streeting was appointed UK/Health and Social Care Secretary following Labour's landslide victory.[3] Streeting was previously the Shadow Health Secretary and is being formed as a "new Tony Blair".[4]
Shadow team
Streeting was President of the National Union of Students (NUS), as well as Deputy Leader of the London Borough of Redbridge and Cabinet Member for Health an Wellbeing.[5]
Wes Streeting was Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty from May 2021 to November 2021, Shadow Minister for Schools from 2020 to 2021, and briefly Shadow Exchequer to the Treasury in 2020.
As Shadow Secretary for Health, Streeting is looking for policy solutions from "outside sources". This includes the Institute For Public Policy Research and the Tony Blair Institute, plus the pharmaceutical lobby.[6] Streeting said he would "hold the door wide open" to "private sector entrepreneurs" if the Labour Party enter government.[7]
Labour under Streeting supported mandatory Covid jabs for NHS and care workers.[8]
Streeting wanted the government to "do more" to counter anti-vaccination conspiracy theories.[9]
Scottish independence
On 10 May 2021, following the 2021 Scottish Parliament election when the SNP won 64 seats and intends to launch #IndyRef2, Wes Streeting tweeted:
@GordonBrown was absolutely brilliant on @BBCr4today on the future of the Union and the Labour Party, as was @ShabanaMahmood - Labour’s new National Campaign Coordinator - setting out the scale of Labour’s challenge and how we’ll meet it.[10]
Personal life
Wes Streeting lives in Redbridge, London. His partner is Joseph Dancey, a communications and public affairs adviser.[11] In October 2023, Dancey was selected for Stockton West in the next general election,[12] but failed to be elected.[13] On 22 October 2024, Joe Dancey was appointed Labour's new Executive Director of Policy and Communications at a reported salary of £100,000 per annum.[14]
Streeting's ex-boyfriend Josh MacAlister was selected for the new Whitehaven and Workington constituency,[15] which he won with a large majority.[16] This raised accusations of nepotism.[17]
In May 2021, Streeting revealed he had been diagnosed with kidney cancer and would be stepping back from frontline politics while he received treatment for it.[18] On 27 July 2021, Streeting announced that he had been declared cancer-free, following an operation to remove one of his kidneys.[19]
References
- ↑ "Who's in Andy Burnham's cabinet?"
- ↑ "General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in… Ilford North?"
- ↑ Document:The Rejection of Starmerism
- ↑ "Is Wes Streeting the saviour Labour desperately needs?"
- ↑ "Gay MP Wes Streeting: ‘Parents cannot pick and choose which parts of Equality Act should apply’"
- ↑ https://portland-communications.com/public-affairs/wes-streeting-a-man-with-a-plan/
- ↑ https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/labour-private-sector-nhs-wes-streeting-2760505
- ↑ https://labourlist.org/2021/12/22-labour-mps-rebel-and-two-frontbenchers-quit-over-new-covid-laws/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-59651187/page/4
- ↑ "Gordon Brown was absolutely brilliant on BBC Radio 4 today"
- ↑ "The Register of Members' Financial Interests – Streeting, Wes (Ilford North)"
- ↑ https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/23885160.joe-dancey-standing-labour-new-stockton-west-seat/
- ↑ "Stockton North and West 2024 Parliamentary Election Results"
- ↑ "Err… is this OK?"
- ↑ https://joshforwestcumbria.co.uk/
- ↑ "Labour's Josh MacAlister elected as MP for Whitehaven and Workington"
- ↑ https://order-order.com/2024/02/02/labour-accused-of-stitch-up-over-selection-of-wes-streetings-boyfriend-for-target-seat/
- ↑ "Labour MP Wes Streeting diagnosed with kidney cancer"
- ↑ "Labour MP Wes Streeting ‘over the moon’ to be cancer free after successful operation"
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