Bob Ainsworth | |
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![]() Ainsworth in 2010 | |
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 | |
Leader | Harriet Harman Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Liam Fox |
Succeeded by | Jim Murphy |
Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | John Hutton |
Succeeded by | Liam Fox |
Minister for the Armed Forces | |
In office 29 June 2007 – 5 May 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Adam Ingram |
Succeeded by | Bill Rammell |
Deputy Chief Government Whip Treasurer of the Household | |
In office 13 June 2003 – 28 June 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Keith Hill |
Succeeded by | Nick Brown |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs | |
In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
Succeeded by | Caroline Flint |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions | |
In office 25 January 2001 – 7 June 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Chris Mullin |
Succeeded by | The Lord Whitty |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 8 May 1997 – 24 January 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Roger Knapman |
Succeeded by | David Clelland |
Member of Parliament for Coventry North East | |
In office 9 April 1992 – 30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | John Hughes |
Succeeded by | Colleen Fletcher |
Personal details | |
Born | Coventry, Warwickshire, England | 19 June 1952
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Gloria Ainsworth |
Robert William Ainsworth (born 19 June 1952) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the general election in 2010 he was the Shadow Defence Secretary, but was replaced by Jim Murphy following the election of Labour leader Ed Miliband.