Wes Streeting

Wesley Paul William Streeting (/ˈstritɪŋ/; born 21 January 1983) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2021, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015.

Wes Streeting
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Assumed office
29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byJonathan Ashworth
Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty
In office
9 May 2021  29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Shadow Minister for Schools
In office
16 October 2020  9 May 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byMargaret Greenwood
Succeeded byPeter Kyle
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
9 April 2020  16 October 2020
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byLyn Brown
Succeeded byAbena Oppong-Asare
Member of Parliament
for Ilford North
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byLee Scott
Majority5,198 (10.4%)
53rd President of the National Union of Students
In office
1 July 2008  10 June 2010
Preceded byGemma Tumelty
Succeeded byAaron Porter
Personal details
Born
Wesley Paul William Streeting

(1983-01-21) 21 January 1983
Stepney, London, England
Political partyLabour
Domestic partnerJoe Dancey
Residence(s)Redbridge, London
EducationWestminster City School
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

He served as Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty from May to November 2021, as Shadow Minister for Schools from 2020 to 2021, and as Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from April to October 2020. He was also president of the National Union of Students (NUS), and Deputy Leader of Redbridge London Borough Council.

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