John Spellar | |
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 8 October 2010 – 18 September 2015 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman |
| Preceded by | Chris Bryant |
| Succeeded by | Catherine West |
| Comptroller of the Household | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Tommy McAvoy |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Carmichael |
| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 13 June 2003 – 10 May 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Des Browne |
| Succeeded by | David Hanson |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
| In office 8 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston |
| Succeeded by | Kim Howells |
| Minister of State for the Armed Forces | |
| In office 29 July 1999 – 8 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Doug Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Adam Ingram |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence | |
| In office 6 May 1997 – 28 July 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Earl Howe |
| Succeeded by | Peter Kilfoyle |
| Member of Parliament for Warley Warley West (1992–1997) | |
| In office 9 April 1992 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Archer |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield | |
| In office 28 October 1982 – 13 May 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Jocelyn Cadbury |
| Succeeded by | Roger King |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1947 Bromley, Kent, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Website | Official website |
John Francis Spellar (born 5 August 1947) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Warley, formerly Warley West, from 1992 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he previously represented Birmingham Northfield from 1982 to 1983. He served as a minister in numerous departments between 1997 and 2005 and later served as Comptroller of the Household in the Whips' Office between 2008 and 2010. After Labour entered opposition, he served as a shadow Foreign Office minister from 2010 to 2015.