Hillary Benn Net Worth, Age, Contract, Contact Details

Hilary James Wedgwood Benn MP is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds Central since a by-election in 1999. He served in the Cabinet from 2003 to 2010, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Benn served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development from 2001 to 2002 and for Prisons and Probations from 2002 to 2003.

He returned to DFID as Minister of State in May 2003. In October 2003, he was appointed to Tony Blair’s Cabinet as the Secretary of State for International Development.

In 2007, Benn was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, which he lost to Harriet Harman, finishing in fourth place. Benn later served under Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs from 2007 to 2010.

After Labour’s defeat at the 2010 general election, Benn served in Ed Miliband’s Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Environment Secretary in 2010 and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2010 to 2011.

He then served as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from 2011 to 2015. After the 2015 general election, Benn was appointed as Shadow Foreign Secretary, retaining this role after Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour Leader.

After criticizing Corbyn’s leadership and phoning other Labour MPs to seek to remove Corbyn as a leader, he was dismissed from this position by Corbyn on 26 June 2016, precipitating many shadow cabinet resignations.

Benn was later elected Chairman of the Brexit Select Committee. He sought to extend Article 50 to delay Brexit beyond the 31 October 2019 deadline by passing the Benn Act.

He wished to have a second referendum in which he would have voted to remain; however, the Benn Act was nullified once Boris Johnson won a Conservative majority in the 2019 general election and the UK left the European Union.

Hillary Benn Net Worth

According to Forbes Hilary Benn has an estimated net worth of net worth is $121 Million.

Hillary Benn Age

Hillary Benn is 68 years old as of 2021. He was born on November 26, 1953, in Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom.

Hillary Benn Contract

There is no information about Hillary Benn’s contract.

Hillary Benn Contact Details

Address. Roundhay Road, Leeds LS7 1AB, UK View on Google Maps. Telephone: 0113 2441097; Email: [email protected]

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