Wes Streeting for Ilford North
About me
I'm not your typical politician. I come from a working class family in Tower Hamlets. I funded myself through college and university with retail jobs and I spent my professional career working outside politics in the voluntary sector. Wes
I’m really proud to have been the Member of Parliament for Ilford North since May 2015. I’ve lived in Redbridge for over a decade and care passionately about our community. I’m always out and about meeting as many residents, community groups, charities and businesses as possible to listen to your concerns and priorities.
Prior to my election I served as Deputy Leader of Redbridge Council and Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, leading the fight to save King George A&E and investing in local leisure facilities for people of all ages.
I speak my mind and stand up for Ilford North. You won’t always agree with me (you should never trust politicians who only ever tell you what you want to hear), but you’ll always know where I stand.
I know that there’s lots of cynicism about politics and politicians and I understand why. I hope that I repay the faith that people placed in me when they voted for me over successive elections and I also hope to earn the trust and respect of those who didn’t vote for me.
A SHORT BIO:
Wes Streeting is the Labour Member of Parliament for Ilford North and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. He has previously held the positions of Shadow Child Poverty Secretary, Shadow Minister for Schools and Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. He has also sat on the House of Commons Treasury committee.
Wes bucked the trend to win his parliamentary seat at the 2015 election with the largest swing from the Conservatives to Labour in the country. Prior to that, Wes served as deputy leader and cabinet member for health and wellbeing of the London Borough of Redbridge.
In his career outside politics, Wes served in the voluntary sector as a chief executive and in other senior leadership roles for a number of national charities focused on tackling inequality and educational disadvantage. He is a former president of the National Union of Students.
Wes grew up on a council estate in the East End of London and was the first person in his family to graduate from university. His childhood memoir, ‘One Boy, Two Bills, And A Fry Up’ is published by Hodder and is a Sunday Times bestseller. Wes read history at Selwyn College, Cambridge.