Jon Cruddas

Labour MP Dagenham

Date of birth

7 April 1962

Education

Oaklands Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Portsmouth
Warwick University BSc, MA, PhD
University of Wisconsin, USA, Visiting Fellow 1987-88

Electoral history

Member for Dagenham since 2001.

Political profile

Jon Cruddas' election in 2001 was his first foray into electoral politics, but he had previously been involved at a very high level in Labour politics.

His previous employment was as deputy political secretary to the Prime Minister for the duration of the 1997-2001 Parliament.

Prior to that, he was chief assistant to Labour's general secretary, and has also worked in policy development.

He is a TGWU sponsored MP, and his role in Downing Street was to be the link between government and the trade unions; he is credited with having successfully negotiated with the unions over the Employment Relations Act.

Mr Cruddas comes from a thoroughly New Labour family; his wife was special adviser to Mo Mowlam.

Contact

Constituency office 020 8984 7854

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