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John Eugene Joseph Dromey (29 September 1948 – 7 January 2022) was a British politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Labour Party , he served as Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union and later Unite from 2003 to 2010.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led the tributes to Jack Dromey. Harriet Harman pays tribute to her late husband for his ...
Mr Dromey, 73, married to party grandee Harriet Harman, was understood to have died from natural causes.
Harman married Jack Dromey in 1982 in Brent, after meeting him on the picket line of the Grunwick dispute in 1977; she was legal advisor to the Grunwick Strike Committee. [19] They had three children: Harry (born February 1983), Joseph (born November 1984) and Amy (born January 1987). Harry and Amy have Harman's surname. [97]
Jack Dromey [2022 3] (in office) Labour: 29 September 1948 7 January 2022 Birmingham Erdington: 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019: Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn [2022 4] Liberal Democrats [e] 6 February 1931 24 January 2022 Southport: 1987, 1997: Ben Ford [2022 5] Labour: 1 April 1925 17 April 2022 Bradford North: 1964, 1966, 1970, 1974 I & II, 1979
Sir Tony Blair and Sir Keir Starmer were among political figures who attended his funeral service at St Margaret’s Church in Westminster.
The local Brent Trades Council, led by its president, veteran construction union activist and Communist Party industrial organiser Tom Durkin, and its secretary, TGWU activist Jack Dromey, had become increasingly active in support of the strikers, mobilising support from other trades councils, trade unions and other labour movement bodies ...
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