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Jon Ashworth

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Gender Male
Age 45
Date of birth October 14,1978
Zodiac sign Libra
Born City Of Salford
Greater Manchester
United Kingdom
SpouseEmilie Oldknow
Office Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Job Politician
Education Durham University
St Aidan's College • Durham University
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Jon Ashworth Life story


Jonathan Michael Graham "Jon" Ashworth is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament for Leicester South since 2011, and is the current Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Early Life and Education

Jon ashworth was born in leicester. England on the 11th of august. 1976. He attended the city of leicester college and the university of leicester. Where he obtianed a edgree in politics and sociology.

Political Career

Jon ashworth began his political career as a councillor for the city of leicester in 2001. In 2010. He was leected as member of parliament for leicester south. He was re-elected in the 2015. 2017. And 2019 general elections. Ashworth currently serves as shadow secretary of state for health and social care.

Political Positions

Throughuot his political career. Jon ashworth has held various positions in the labour party. He was appointed as hsadow minister for care and older people in 2011. And later became shadow minister without portfolio in 2015. He also served as shadow minister for the cabinet office between 2016 and 2017.

Notable Achievements

In 2015. Jon ashworth was appointed as the parliamentary private secretray to the leader of the labour party. Jeremy corbyn. In 2018. He was appointed as shadow secretary of state for health and social care.

Personal Life

Jon ashworth is married to rachael ahsworth and has two children.

Interesting Facts

Jon ashworth has a apssion for football and is a supporter of leicester city football club. He is also a patron of the leicester tgiers rugby club.

Important Event

In 2019. Jon ashworth led a successful campaign to encourage the uk government to adopt the soft drinks industry levy which aims to reduec sugar consumption and encourage healthier lifestyles.

Political Contributions

Jon ashworth has made various political contributions in parliament. He has advocated for increased investment in the nhs. And has spoken out against government cuts to public services. He has also been a vocal supporter of the albour party s anti-ausetrity policies.

Coronavirus: to proclaim Johnson, 4. July re-opening on Tuesday

Coronavirus: to proclaim Johnson, 4. July re-opening on Tuesday
Jun 22,2020 12:33 am

... Labour s shadow health Secretary, Jon Ashworth, said his party would be ready, [the suggestions] carefully , but its support depend, and on other protective measures introduced...

Labour leadership: Long, Bailey, Nandy and Phillips secure nominations

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Feb 16,2020 9:58 am

... Ms Phillips has the support of the former Labour Minister Margaret Hodge, and Chris Bryant, while Ms Nandy shadow health Secretary Jon Ashworth and the former shadow minister Jack Dromey, of the on the page...

General election 2019: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn make last pitches of campaign

General election 2019: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn make last pitches of campaign
Feb 16,2020 9:06 am

... Asked about candidates who have expressed concerns about negative feedback on the doorsteps - including a leaked recording of shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth casting doubts on Labour s chances in the poll - Mr Corbyn said: You show me a candidate at any election that isn t worried from any party...

The Papers: 'Down to the wire' election and Labour's 'plonker'

The Papers: 'Down to the wire' election and Labour's 'plonker'
Feb 16,2020 9:04 am

... Hope for the futureThe Daily Express describes how the shadow health secretary, Jon Ashworth, took a wrecking ball to the Labour Party as he was secretly recorded telling a Tory activist that voters couldn t stand Jeremy Corbyn...

General election 2019: Have 17,000 NHS beds been cut?

General election 2019: Have 17,000 NHS beds been cut?
Feb 16,2020 9:03 am

... Labour s shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth made the claim on, as part of the party s bid to keep the NHS at the forefront of the general election campaign...

General election 2019: Boris Johnson criticised over reaction to sick boy image

General election 2019: Boris Johnson criticised over reaction to sick boy image
Feb 16,2020 9:01 am

... Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth called refusing to look at the picture a new low for the PM, adding: It s clear he could not care less...

General election 2019: Tory pledge to boost GP numbers

General election 2019: Tory pledge to boost GP numbers
Feb 16,2020 8:01 am

... Speaking at the Labour party conference, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said: You can t trust the Tories with our NHS...

Tory conference: Government confirms £25bn for road upgrades

Tory conference: Government confirms £25bn for road upgrades
Feb 16,2020 6:42 am

... Meanwhile, as the Tories gather in Manchester other MPs will be in Westminster after they voted down a motion to grant a three-day recess to cover the conference, and Shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme they were prepared and ready in Parliament to respond to anything that comes out of Downing Street ...

General election 2019: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn make last pitches of campaign

Feb 16,2020 3:19 am

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are competing for The Keys to No 10

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are focusing on Brexit and public services in their final hours of campaigning.

In their last interviews with the BBC ahead of Thursday's Poll , Mr Johnson repeated his main pledges, Saying : "Only If you get Brexit done [can you] move the country forward. "

Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn said there was a "greater understanding" from The Public that the country "cannot go on with underfunded public services".

The polls will open at 07:00 GMT.

Both leaders held their final rallies in London on Wednesday night.

Other party leaders also travelled the country on The Last day before the election to win support from undecided voters.

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said votes for her party could stop Brexit, adding: "Our Country can be better than what Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are trying to say is the only way forward. "

The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon said a vote for her party was a vote to stop further cuts to public services and to "stop Scotland being dragged out of the EU against its will".

Nigel Farage warned against Mr Johnson's deal to leave the EU, calling for voters in Leave seats to back his Brexit Party .

And Green Party co-leaders Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley urged voters to make it a moment of political reckoning on the climate, Saying their party would make sure proper action was taken to meet carbon emission targets.

'Amazing agenda'

Talking to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg , Mr Johnson said he thought the election result would be "very close", and that "every vote counts".

Asked if he deserved to win, he said: "I do think that we have The Best programme for the country, we have an amazing agenda. We want to unite and level up across the country. "

Mr Johnson said the Conservatives' plans - including a law to ensure extra funding for the NHS every year and 20,000 new police offices - were "fantastically ambitious".

He added: "We can achieve all of these things. But we can't if our politics is paralysed by Brexit. We have to move it forward. "

Asked about his reaction to the photo of a Sick Boy who had to sleep on The Floor of a hospital due to a lack of beds, Mr Johnson said: "Obviously I think that anybody who experiences a bad time in the NHS has my full, full sympathies.

"We've all been there and anybody who has had a bad experience in A& E will know exactly how that family feels, and that is why I want to concentrate on getting cash into the NHS, taking the country forward. "

But he reiterated that "Only If you get Brexit done [can you] move the country forward".

Speaking at his final rally in London, Mr Johnson there was "24 hours to break the deadlock".

He said the Conservative government would "make sure we give Our Children and grandchildren The Future they deserve in This Country ".

Mr Johnson ended by Saying : "Let's get Brexit done and take this incredible country forwards Together . "

'Incredible message'

Also speaking to Laura Kuenssberg , Mr Corbyn said he had a "hunch" that The Polling experts - - "May just have got it wrong".

"We have travelled all round the country and the enthusiasm of our party's supporters working Together to get Out There with our message is incredible - and I think that message is getting through," he said.

"I think the support is growing and there is a greater understanding that we cannot go on with underfunded public services and a government that has not been straightforward With Us on Brexit or the trade talks with the USA. "

Asked about candidates who have expressed concerns about negative feedback on the doorsteps - including a leaked recording of shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth casting doubts on Labour's chances in the Poll - Mr Corbyn said: "You Show Me a candidate at any election that isn't worried from any party.

"Being a candidate means you get worried. But I tell you what, we are going to win this thing. "

If there is a Labour government on Friday morning, Mr Corbyn said The First thing he would do was "deal with the worst levels of poverty in Britain" - Namely the homeless - Saying : "Something must be done very quickly, very urgently and that is what we are going to do. "

Also Holding his final rally in London, Mr Corbyn said the country was "literally at a fork in The Road ".

He told supporters there had "never been a clearer choice" in British history than at this election, and that his party would redistribute wealth and power "in a way that's never been seen before".

Mr Corbyn concluded with a poem, Saying : "My guitar is not for the rich. No, nothing like that. My Song is of The Ladder we are building to reach The Stars . "

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