Jon Cruddas
Jon Cruddas | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Policy Coordinator of the Labour Party | |
| In office 15 May 2012 – 11 May 2015 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Liam Byrne |
| Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham Dagenham (2001–2010) | |
| In office 7 June 2001 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Judith Church |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Mullane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1962 |
| Party | Labour |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick |
| Signature | |
| Website | www |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | An analysis of value theory, the sphere of production and contemporary approaches to the reorganisation of workplace relations (1991) |
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Jonathan Cruddas (born 7 April 1962) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dagenham and Rainham, formerly Dagenham, between 2001 and 2024.
A critic of the Blair government, Cruddas unsuccessfully stood for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party in 2007. He has been a leader in Maurice Glasman's Blue Labour project, launched in 2009. In 2012, he was appointed to Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet, replacing Liam Byrne as Policy Coordinator.