Jack Dromey
Jack Dromey | |
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Shadow Minister for Housing | |
In office 7 October 2010 – 7 October 2013 | |
Leader |
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Preceded by | Lyn Brown |
Succeeded by | Andy Sawford |
Treasurer of the Labour Party | |
In office 30 September 2004 – 26 September 2010 | |
Leader | |
Preceded by | Jimmy Elsby |
Succeeded by | Diana Holland |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 7 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Siôn Simon |
Succeeded by | Paulette Hamilton |
Personal details | |
Born | John Eugene Joseph Dromey 29 September 1948 Brent, London, England |
Died | 7 January 2022 Birmingham, England | (aged 73)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Committees |
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Website | Official website |
John Eugene Joseph Dromey
Dromey joined the Labour
Prior to his election to Parliament, he was deputy general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and Treasurer of the Labour Party.[5] Dromey was married to long-serving MP Harriet Harman, former deputy Labour Party leader and cabinet minister.
Early life and career
Dromey was born on 29 September 1948[6] to Irish parents in Brent, Middlesex, and raised in Kilburn, London. He was educated at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Holland Park, which was a grammar school at the time.[7][8]
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
Dromey built a reputation as an effective speaker and organiser in the
As secretary of the local Trades Council he also had a prominent role in supporting the
Dromey was appointed deputy general secretary of the TGWU, having lost the 2003 election for general secretary to
Controversies
Links between NCCL and PIE
Dromey was a member of the executive committee of the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL; now Liberty) in the 1970s during a period when the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) had taken out corporate membership of NCCL. Dromey denied supporting PIE or its aims, stating that he actively opposed the links between the two groups and voted for the expulsion of the group at the NCCL Annual General Meeting.[16][17]
Cash for Peerages
On 15 March 2006, during the
Dromey stated publicly that neither he nor Labour's elected
Labour Party donations scandal
Dromey was caught up in a further financial scandal in 2007, as he was responsible for party finances, which included more than £630,000 in 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.[21][22] Harriet Harman, Dromey's wife, was also caught up in the affair, as her staff had solicited and accepted donations totalling £5,000.[23][24][25]
Parliamentary career
Dromey first sought to stand for Labour at the
Dromey again sought a
In August 2009, it was revealed that senior Labour figures thought Dromey was likely to be selected in the
In February 2010,
In November 2011, 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."[34] Dromey apologised to the House of Commons on 19 January 2012, in relation to this mistake.[35]
He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.[36]
Dromey retained his seat in the 2019 general election; although his majority fell to ten percentage points, he won more than 50 per cent of the vote.[37][38]
In January 2021, Dromey moved to the Shadow Cabinet Office team, led by
Personal life and death
Dromey married Harriet Harman in 1982 in the
The couple decided to send their children to selective schools, the subject of negative comments at the time.
Dromey died from heart failure at his flat in Birmingham on 7 January 2022, at the age of 73.[14][50] Former prime minister Tony Blair described Dromey as a "stalwart of the Labour and trade union movement", while Gordon Brown said he had lost "a friend, colleague and great humanitarian who never stopped fighting for social justice". The flags of Parliament were lowered to half-mast, and House of Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle said MPs were "all in disbelief that the life-force that was Jack Dromey has died".[51]
His funeral was held on 31 January 2022 at
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External links
- Party websites
- Jack Dromey MP Birmingham Labour, Erdington
- Jack Dromey at Erdington Labour Party
- Profiles
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Democracy Live | Your representatives | Jack Dromey[failed verification]Archived 4 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Jack Dromey – profile at guardian.com
- Appearances on C-SPAN