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normal;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP_crop_2.jpg/220px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP_crop_2.jpg/330px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP_crop_2.jpg/440px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 September 2015 – 5 April 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Leslie" title="Chris Leslie">Chris Leslie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anneliese_Dodds" title="Anneliese Dodds">Anneliese Dodds</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Deputy Leader of the Greater London Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 May 1984 – 7 May 1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Illtyd_Harrington" title="Illtyd Harrington">Illtyd Harrington</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ward_(British_politician)" title="Michael Ward (British politician)">Michael Ward</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Chair of the Finance and General Purposes committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 May 1982 – 21 May 1985</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dr Anthony Hart</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Alex Mackay</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1 May 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Dicks" title="Terry Dicks">Terry Dicks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Majority</th><td class="infobox-data">12,031 (31.4%)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Greater_London_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Greater London Council">Member of the Greater London Council</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Hayes,_Hillingdon" title="Hayes, Hillingdon">Hayes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harlington,_London" title="Harlington, London">Harlington</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 May 1981 – 31 March 1986</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Arthur H. 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Hull</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office abolished</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">John Martin McDonnell</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-09-08</span>) </span>8 September 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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He has been the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)">Hayes and Harlington</a> since <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> until the <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whip</a> was withdrawn and his suspension on 23 July 2024 as a result of voting to scrap the <a href="/wiki/Two_child_benefit_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="Two child benefit cap">two child benefit cap</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the political left, McDonnell is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Campaign_Group" title="Socialist Campaign Group">Socialist Campaign Group</a>. </p><p>He stood for the position of <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party leader</a> following <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>'s resignation in <a href="/wiki/2007_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2007</a>, but failed to reach the required number of nominations.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a candidate for the party leadership again in <a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2010</a> following <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>'s resignation after Labour's <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">electoral defeat</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-mirror1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mirror1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but withdrew in favour of <a href="/wiki/Diane_Abbott" title="Diane Abbott">Diane Abbott</a>, feeling that he would be unable to secure enough nominations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alongside <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>, McDonnell has been seen as a major figure on the left-wing of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being elected Labour leader in <a href="/wiki/2015_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2015</a>, Corbyn appointed McDonnell to his <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn">Shadow Cabinet</a> as <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer">Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>. As Shadow Chancellor, McDonnell pledged to increase spending on infrastructure and research, describing his vision for the economy as "socialism with an <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDonnell was born in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> to a family with an <a href="/wiki/Irish_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Catholic">Irish Catholic</a> background.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Bob, was a docker who also served as a sergeant in the <a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Foresters" title="Sherwood Foresters">Sherwood Foresters</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, whilst his mother Elsie worked as a cleaner.<sup id="cite_ref-MaguirePro_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaguirePro-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved with his family to his mother's hometown, <a href="/wiki/Great_Yarmouth" title="Great Yarmouth">Great Yarmouth</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>, when he was very young as his father was unable to find work at the docks; his father became a bus driver and was a branch secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union" title="Transport and General Workers' Union">Transport and General Workers' Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-BBC2015_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2015-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bennett_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bennett-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his mother worked for <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Stores" title="British Home Stores">British Home Stores</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MaguirePro_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaguirePro-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell attended <a href="/wiki/Great_Yarmouth_Charter_Academy" title="Great Yarmouth Charter Academy">Great Yarmouth Grammar School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell received a Local Authority grant to attend <a href="/wiki/St_Joseph%27s_College,_Ipswich" title="St Joseph's College, Ipswich">St Joseph's College, Ipswich</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> boarding fee-paying <a href="/wiki/Independent_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent school">independent school</a> for boys (now co-educational). "<sup id="cite_ref-MaguirePro_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaguirePro-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell is now irreligious, but refers to himself as a "<a href="/wiki/Cultural_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Catholic">cultural Catholic</a>" and is a regular churchgoer.<sup id="cite_ref-MaguirePro_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaguirePro-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell failed his <a href="/wiki/GCE_Advanced_Level_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom)">A-levels</a> at grammar school, partly due to holding down part-time jobs in bars and a <a href="/wiki/Bingo_hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Bingo hall">bingo hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MaguirePro_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaguirePro-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon leaving education, McDonnell held a series of unskilled jobs. After marrying his first wife, he returned to A-level studies at night school at <a href="/wiki/Burnley" title="Burnley">Burnley</a> <a href="/wiki/Technical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical College">Technical College</a>, and at the age of 23, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Hayes,_Hillingdon" title="Hayes, Hillingdon">Hayes</a> in Greater London, attended <a href="/wiki/Brunel_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunel University">Brunel University</a>, and earned a bachelor's degree in government and politics.<sup id="cite_ref-Brunel_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brunel-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_Profile_2001_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_Profile_2001-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, he helped his wife run a small children's home in Hayes, and was active on behalf of his local community and for <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Public_Employees" title="National Union of Public Employees">National Union of Public Employees</a>. After completing his master's degree in politics and sociology at <a href="/wiki/Birkbeck,_University_of_London" title="Birkbeck, University of London">Birkbeck, University of London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_Profile_2001_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_Profile_2001-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became a researcher and official with the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain)" title="National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)">National Union of Mineworkers</a> from 1977 to 1978, and later the <a href="/wiki/Trades_Union_Congress" title="Trades Union Congress">Trades Union Congress</a> from 1978 until 1982. From 1985 to 1987, McDonnell was head of the policy unit at <a href="/wiki/Camden_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden Borough Council">Camden Borough Council</a>, then chief executive of the Association of London Authorities from 1987 to 1995, and the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_London_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of London Government">Association of London Government</a> from 1995 until 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greater_London_Council_(1981–1986)"><span id="Greater_London_Council_.281981.E2.80.931986.29"></span>Greater London Council (1981–1986)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Greater London Council (1981–1986)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1981, McDonnell was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a> (GLC) as the member for <a href="/wiki/Hayes_and_Harlington_(electoral_division)" title="Hayes and Harlington (electoral division)">Hayes and Harlington</a>. He became the GLC's chair of finance and deputy leader to <a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a>, who described him as having an "absolute grasp for detail and every year he produced a balanced budget, no borrowing". He was sacked by Livingstone in 1985 over the <a href="/wiki/Rate-capping_rebellion" title="Rate-capping rebellion">strategy to oppose rate-capping</a>—<a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>'s government had capped council rates (now called council tax), an action which the GLC had claimed, based on figures calculated by McDonnell, would lead to £135 million in cuts. However, Livingstone claimed in his autobiography to have found that the authority could actually still increase spending and cap the rates; Livingstone said that McDonnell had 'exaggerated' spending figures to support his case that the GLC had to ignore the rates cap, and that he confronted McDonnell, saying "If these figures are right we're going to look like the biggest fucking liars since <a href="/wiki/Goebbels" class="mw-redirect" title="Goebbels">Goebbels</a>." McDonnell described Livingstone's account as "complete fiction".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Ronan_Bennett" title="Ronan Bennett">Ronan Bennett</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> newspaper, McDonnell described his role during this time as being "to translate policies into concrete realities on the ground." He further discussed his performance by indicating, "I was a fairly hard-nosed administrator. We set in train policies for which we were attacked from all sides but are now accepted as mainstream: large-scale investment in public services; raising the issue of Ireland and arguing for a dialogue for peace; equal opportunities; police accountability. We set up a women's committee, an ethnic minorities committee."<sup id="cite_ref-Bennett_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bennett-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_the_GLC_(1986–1997)"><span id="After_the_GLC_.281986.E2.80.931997.29"></span>After the GLC (1986–1997)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: After the GLC (1986–1997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the abolition of the GLC in 1986, McDonnell was employed as head of the policy unit at <a href="/wiki/Camden_London_Borough_Council" title="Camden London Borough Council">Camden London Borough Council</a>. In 1987, he became Chief Executive of the Association of London Authorities (eventually the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_London_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of London Government">Association of London Government</a>), where he represented all the <a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London boroughs</a> in their relations with central government and Europe. Having previously unsuccessfully contested <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_and_Highgate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampstead and Highgate">Hampstead and Highgate</a> in <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a>, McDonnell fought for his home constituency of Hayes and Harlington at the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992 general election</a>, but lost by 53 votes, after three recounts, to the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> incumbent, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Dicks" title="Terry Dicks">Terry Dicks</a>. During the campaign, Dicks sued for <a href="/wiki/Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="Libel">libel</a> over critical material in McDonnell's campaign leaflets; McDonnell settled and paid Dicks damages of £15,000 plus legal costs of £55,000.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell would later refer to Dicks as a 'stain' on the character of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> and a stain on the Conservative Party, and a 'malignant creature' during his maiden parliamentary speech.<sup id="cite_ref-api.parliament.uk_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-api.parliament.uk-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_backbencher_(1997–2015)"><span id="Parliamentary_backbencher_.281997.E2.80.932015.29"></span>Parliamentary backbencher (1997–2015)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Parliamentary backbencher (1997–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When <a href="/wiki/Terry_Dicks" title="Terry Dicks">Terry Dicks</a> then stood down, McDonnell became the MP for Hayes and Harlington at the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a>, with 62 per cent of the vote and a majority of over 14,000. He made his <a href="/wiki/Maiden_speech" title="Maiden speech">maiden speech</a> in the House of Commons on 6 June 1997, where he notably launched a scathing attack against his predecessor, against parliamentary tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-api.parliament.uk_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-api.parliament.uk-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been involved in several local community campaigns, including one opposing the expansion of <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a> and its impact on local communities. He opposed <a href="/wiki/New_Labour" title="New Labour">New Labour</a> policies of the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foundation_hospitals" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation hospitals">foundation hospitals</a>, student <a href="/wiki/Top-up_fees" class="mw-redirect" title="Top-up fees">top-up fees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trust_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Trust school">trust schools</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-terror_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-terror laws">anti-terror laws</a>. When Ken Livingstone was elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a>, as an independent in 2000, he appointed McDonnell to his cabinet with responsibility for local government in London.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq_War">Iraq War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Iraq War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> McDonnell voted against the <a href="/wiki/2003_Iraq_War" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Iraq War">2003 Iraq War</a>, stating in 2007:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I have used every opportunity to oppose the government's alliance with <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George Bush</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011)">US-led military occupation of Iraq</a> which has resulted in the deaths of over 655,000, caused untold human suffering, put at risk the territorial integrity of Iraq, destabilised the entire region, alienated our own Muslim communities and given a huge boost to international terrorism – just as we warned it would.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> In October 2006, McDonnell was one of 12 Labour MPs to back <a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>'s call for a <a href="/wiki/Iraq_Inquiry" title="Iraq Inquiry">parliamentary inquiry into the war in Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish_Republican_Army">Irish Republican Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Irish Republican Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> In May 2003, he made controversial comments about the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> (IRA), saying:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It's about time we started honouring those people involved in the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_campaign" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign">armed struggle</a>. It was the bombs and bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Sands" title="Bobby Sands">Bobby Sands</a> that brought Britain to the negotiating table. The peace we have now is due to the action of the IRA.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> Threatened with expulsion from the Labour Party, he went on to offer a rationale for his comments in an article written for <i>The Guardian</i> in June 2003 ("Expulsion would be an odd reward for telling hard truths"), stating:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Let me be clear, I abhor the killing of innocent human beings. My argument was that republicans had the right to honour those who had brought about this process of negotiation which had led to peace. Having achieved this central objective now it was time to move on. The future for achieving the nationalists' goals is through the political process and in particular through the Northern Ireland Assembly elections ... Irish republicans have to face the fact that the use of violence has resulted in unforgivable atrocities. No cause is worth the loss of a child's life. No amount of political theory will justify what has been perpetrated on the victims of the bombing campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>According to a report in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> published in November 2015, McDonnell had made similar comments at a Labour Committee on Ireland meeting in 1985, before the start of the Northern Ireland peace process. The <i>Deptford Mercury</i> asserted at the time that McDonnell had suggested there was a role for "the ballot, the bullet and the bomb" in achieving a United Ireland, and joked about "<a href="/wiki/Kneecapping" title="Kneecapping">kneecapping</a>" the "gutless wimp" Labour councillors who had declined to join the meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015, McDonnell apologised on the BBC television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Question_Time_(TV_programme)" title="Question Time (TV programme)">Question Time</a></i> for any offence caused by his remarks on the IRA. He said that his remarks in 2003 had been an attempt to persuade republicans to support the peace process and to afford the IRA the opportunity to disarm without humiliation stating: "There was a real risk of the Republican movement splitting and some of them continuing the armed process."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his study at Hayes, McDonnell has a plaque presented to him by <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Kelly" title="Gerry Kelly">Gerry Kelly</a> dedicated to the "H-Block Martyrs 1981", referring to those who died during the <a href="/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike" title="1981 Irish hunger strike">1981 Irish hunger strike</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A spokesman for McDonnell said the plaque "merely commemorates the peaceful protest in prison, not the prior actions of those involved".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Groups_and_campaigns_in_Parliament">Groups and campaigns in Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Groups and campaigns in Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDonnell is a leading member of several all-party groups within Parliament, including groups representing individual trade unions, such as the <a href="/wiki/Public_and_Commercial_Services_Union" title="Public and Commercial Services Union">Public and Commercial Services Union</a> (PCS), the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Rail,_Maritime_and_Transport_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers">National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers</a> (RMT), the <a href="/wiki/Fire_Brigades_Union" title="Fire Brigades Union">Fire Brigades Union</a> (FBU), the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Journalists" title="National Union of Journalists">National Union of Journalists</a> (NUJ) and justice unions such as <a href="/wiki/Napo_(trade_union)" title="Napo (trade union)">NAPO</a>. He is also a leading member of groups on a wide range of issues such as Britain's Irish community, the <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjabi people">Punjabi</a> community, <a href="/wiki/Endometriosis" title="Endometriosis">endometriosis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. McDonnell is a member of the Labour Land Campaign, which advocates introducing a <a href="/wiki/Land_value_tax" title="Land value tax">land value tax</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell chairs the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Representation_Committee_(2004)" title="Labour Representation Committee (2004)">Labour Representation Committee</a> (LRC), a left-wing group of Labour activists, local parties, trade unions and MPs that campaigns for the adoption of a raft of socialist policies by the Labour Government. The group was founded on Saturday, 3 July 2004, and currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2021)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> has more than 800 members and 90 affiliates. He also chairs the Public Services Not Private Profit, an anti-privatisation campaign that brings together sixteen trade unions and several campaigning organisations, such as the <a href="/wiki/World_Development_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="World Development Movement">World Development Movement</a>, Defend Council Housing and the <a href="/wiki/National_Pensioners_Convention" title="National Pensioners Convention">National Pensioners Convention</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Early_day_motion" title="Early day motion">early day motion</a> in support of the campaign attracted more than ninety MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign held a mass rally and lobby of Parliament on 27 June 2006, which was attended by more than 2,000 trade unionists.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_policy">Economic policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economic policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, McDonnell said that "<a href="/wiki/Marx" class="mw-redirect" title="Marx">Marx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lenin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenin">Lenin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trotsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Trotsky">Trotsky</a>" were his "most significant" intellectual influences.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Footage emerged of McDonnell in 2013 talking about the <a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">financial crisis of 2007–2008</a> and stating, "I've been waiting for this for a generation! We've got to demand systemic change. Look, I'm straight, I'm honest with people: I'm a <a href="/wiki/Marxist" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxist">Marxist</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-marxist1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marxist1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was accused of celebrating the financial crisis of 2007–2008; McDonnell denied the allegation and claimed he was "joking".<sup id="cite_ref-marxist1_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marxist1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During an interview with <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Marr" title="Andrew Marr">Andrew Marr</a> when the footage was played and McDonnell was asked, "Are you a Marxist?", he replied: "I believe there's a lot to learn from reading <i><a href="/wiki/Capital:_Critique_of_Political_Economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital: Critique of Political Economy">Kapital</a></i>, yes of course there is, and that's been recommended not just by me but many others, mainstream economists as well."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, McDonnell attended the Marx 200 conference, where he said, "Marxism is about the freedom of spirit, the development of life chances, the enhancement of democracy."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, McDonnell stated during an interview that Marx's <i>Kapital</i> is "one of the important analyses of the modern capitalist system".<sup id="cite_ref-capitalism1_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-capitalism1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_services">Public services</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Public services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDonnell has consistently opposed the privatisation of public services and chaired the Public Services not Private Profit Campaign launched in 2006 and supported by sixteen trade unions linking up with students, pensioners, health campaigners and the <a href="/wiki/World_Development_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="World Development Movement">World Development Movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> McDonnell is "not supportive of PFI schemes",<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> declaring that he has "opposed every PFI scheme that was proposed".<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, during the parliamentary debate on the <a href="/wiki/Budget_resolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Budget resolution">Budget Resolutions</a>, McDonnell warned against <a href="/wiki/Public%E2%80%93private_partnership" title="Public–private partnership">public-private finance initiatives</a> (PFIs), calling for an inquiry:</p><blockquote><p>There are numerous examples. I refer hon. Members to the work of Alison Pollock<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and to the publications by <a href="/wiki/Unison_(trade_union)" title="Unison (trade union)">Unison</a> in recent months, which contain example after example in the public services, health and education where PFI has been used to exploit the public purse, has failed to deliver and has delivered large bonuses and profits to individual company directors. That is why I regret that the Chancellor is going along that line. I would welcome a Government inquiry into PFI, which would probably echo the work done by the <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)">Public Accounts Committee</a> on individual PFI schemes, which has demonstrated their lack of deliverability and cost effectiveness.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tax_transparency">Tax transparency</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tax transparency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout his time in Parliament, McDonnell has championed the cause of tax justice, hosting the launch of the <a href="/wiki/Tax_Justice_Network" title="Tax Justice Network">Tax Justice Network</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In 2002, McDonnell worked with William Campbell-Taylor and Maurice Glasman, who challenged a bill concerned with the City of London Corporation in relation to alleged tax avoidance:</p><blockquote><p>Apart from a couple of brave, independent-minded Labour MPs, notably John McDonnell, nobody supported Glasman and Campbell-Taylor to challenge the bill. Such is the fear that the corporation inspires in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bank_regulations">Bank regulations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bank regulations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> During the 2011 Budget Resolutions, McDonnell highlighted his long-term consistent work calling for better regulation of the banking and finance sector:</p><blockquote><p>We seem to forget that the cause of that crisis was the cause of this crisis—speculation by the banks and other speculators and, yes, a Government who failed to regulate. I have to say, however, that when a number of Members called for bank regulation in this House, there was an element of quietude on all sides. I remember fighting for four years, in almost a solitary capacity, to secure the passage of the City of London (Ward Elections) Bill at a time when we were pressing for regulation.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anti-austerity">Anti-austerity</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Anti-austerity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2013, McDonnell was among those who supported the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_Against_Austerity" title="People's Assembly Against Austerity">People's Assembly Against Austerity</a> in a letter published by <i>The Guardian</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heathrow_Airport_expansion">Heathrow Airport expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Heathrow Airport expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_McDonnell_Grow_Heathrow_at_Court-4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/John_McDonnell_Grow_Heathrow_at_Court-4.jpg/220px-John_McDonnell_Grow_Heathrow_at_Court-4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/John_McDonnell_Grow_Heathrow_at_Court-4.jpg/330px-John_McDonnell_Grow_Heathrow_at_Court-4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/John_McDonnell_Grow_Heathrow_at_Court-4.jpg/440px-John_McDonnell_Grow_Heathrow_at_Court-4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1292" /></a><figcaption>McDonnell with opponents of the Heathrow Airport expansion outside Central London County Court, 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>McDonnell has been a vocal opponent of plans to <a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_Heathrow_Airport" title="Expansion of Heathrow Airport">expand Heathrow Airport</a> with a third runway—the proposed site lies within his constituency. During a debate on the expansion of the airport on 15 January 2009, he was <a href="/wiki/Suspension_from_the_UK_parliament" title="Suspension from the UK parliament">suspended</a> for five days by Deputy Speaker <a href="/wiki/Alan_Haselhurst" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Haselhurst">Alan Haselhurst</a> after disrupting Commons proceedings. McDonnell picked up the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_mace" title="Ceremonial mace">ceremonial mace</a> and placed it down on an empty bench in the Commons while shouting that the lack of a vote on the third runway was "a disgrace to the democracy of this country."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armed_police_and_MI5">Armed police and MI5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Armed police and MI5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, McDonnell's name appeared on a letter calling for armed police and <a href="/wiki/MI5" title="MI5">MI5</a> to be disbanded. He claimed that he had not signed the letter, which was produced by the Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory (SCLV), but he was photographed holding a copy of the letter, although he later said that he did not know that the demand was on the letter.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007_Labour_leadership_campaign">2007 Labour leadership campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2007 Labour leadership campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2007_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2007 Labour Party leadership election (UK)</a></div> <p>On 14 July 2006, McDonnell announced his intention to stand for leadership of the Labour Party when <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> announced the date of his resignation. He called for "a challenge to the present political consensus", and, "a real Labour government based upon the policies that our supporters expect from us". McDonnell said he would like to see a return to the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>'s more traditional areas. </p><p>Initially, McDonnell and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Meacher" title="Michael Meacher">Michael Meacher</a> were the two candidates representing the left wing of the party. McDonnell's campaign concentrated on grassroots efforts, which earned him an endorsement from the <a href="/wiki/Trades_Union_Congress" title="Trades Union Congress">Trades Union Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a> opinion poll of more than 1,100 Labour Party members asking their preferred choice in the leadership contest, McDonnell received 9% support, and was ranked second to <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor</a> Gordon Brown, who led with 80% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Declared supporters included <a href="/wiki/Diane_Abbott" title="Diane Abbott">Diane Abbott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Benn" title="Tony Benn">Tony Benn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ann_Cryer" title="Ann Cryer">Ann Cryer</a>. In total, eleven Labour MPs declared their support on McDonnell's campaign website.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Labour Party rules require candidates to be nominated by 12.5% of Labour MPs (45 out of a total of 355 in 2007). Gordon Brown received 313 (88.2%) nominations, while McDonnell failed to collect the 45 nominations required to proceed to the Electoral College. As the only nominated candidate, Gordon Brown was declared leader by the NEC. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Labour_leadership_campaign">2010 Labour leadership campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2010 Labour leadership campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)</a></div> <p>On 18 May 2010, news broke that McDonnell wanted to stand in the Labour Party leadership election, to be held following the resignation of Gordon Brown, and would announce it the following day at the <a href="/wiki/Public_and_Commercial_Services_Union" title="Public and Commercial Services Union">Public and Commercial Services Union</a> conference in Brighton. McDonnell noted that it would be "difficult" to get the 33 nominations needed from the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Labour_Party" title="Parliamentary Labour Party">Parliamentary Labour Party</a> required to stand in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-mirror1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mirror1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a hustings for the <a href="/wiki/GMB_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="GMB Union">GMB Union</a> on 7 June, McDonnell was asked what single act he would do to improve the world if he could travel back to the 1980s. His off-the-cuff reply was that "I was on the GLC that Mrs. Thatcher abolished, I worked for the NUM and we had the NUM strike, I think I would assassinate Thatcher."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservative MP <a href="/wiki/Conor_Burns" title="Conor Burns">Conor Burns</a> told the BBC that "[it was] very distasteful" and "a very silly remark". McDonnell told the BBC: "I'm sorry if I have caused offence to anyone. It was a joke and in that audience it was taken as a joke ... it was taken out of context, I can see if people are upset about that and if I have caused offence to anyone of course I apologise."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCDP_8June2010_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCDP_8June2010-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 9 June 2010, the deadline for nominations, he had secured only 16 nominations and withdrew from the contest.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer_(2015–2020)"><span id="Shadow_Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer_.282015.E2.80.932020.29"></span>Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2015–2020)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2015–2020)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeremy_Corbyn_and_John_McDonnell,_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Jeremy_Corbyn_and_John_McDonnell%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/220px-Jeremy_Corbyn_and_John_McDonnell%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Jeremy_Corbyn_and_John_McDonnell%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/330px-Jeremy_Corbyn_and_John_McDonnell%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Jeremy_Corbyn_and_John_McDonnell%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/440px-Jeremy_Corbyn_and_John_McDonnell%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2678" data-file-height="2678" /></a><figcaption>McDonnell after giving his 2016 Labour Party Conference speech, with Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a></figcaption></figure> <p>McDonnell was one of the thirty-six Labour MPs to nominate <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a> (who was elected as Labour leader with 59.5% of the vote) as a candidate in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Labour_Party_leadership_election_(UK)" title="2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)">Labour leadership election of 2015</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell managed Corbyn's leadership campaign, and he was appointed Shadow Chancellor in September 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In an article in <i>The Guardian</i> in the previous month, he set out the economic principles that a Corbyn government would follow:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Let me make it absolutely clear that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn is committed to eliminating the deficit and creating an economy in which we live within our means. ... We accept that cuts in public spending will help eliminate the deficit, but our cuts won't be to the middle-and low-income earners and certainly not to the poor ... alongside deficit elimination, the Corbyn campaign is advocating a fundamental reform of our economic system. This will include the introduction of an effective regulatory regime for our banks and financial sector; a full-blown <a href="/wiki/Glass-Steagall" class="mw-redirect" title="Glass-Steagall">Glass-Steagall</a> system to separate day-to-day and investment banking; legislation to replace short-term shareholder value with long-term sustainable economic and social responsibilities as the prime objective of companies; radical reform of the failed auditing regime; the extension of a wider range of forms of company and enterprise ownership and control including public, <a href="/wiki/Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-operative">co-operative</a> and stakeholder ownership; and the introduction of a financial transactions tax to fund the rebalancing of our economy towards production and manufacturing.<sup id="cite_ref-Comment_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Comment-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>McDonnell's first speech as Shadow Chancellor was at the 2015 Labour Party conference in <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a>. In the speech, he set out Labour's thinking and priorities in key areas, as well as encouraging Labour MPs who had refused to serve under Corbyn to return.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He surprised many by calling upon Labour MPs to back <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> Chancellor <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a>'s Fiscal Charter, arguing that supporting the proposed deficit reduction framework showed Labour's commitment to "living within their means."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he reversed that call in October, citing his trip to visit former steelworkers at a recently closed plant in <a href="/wiki/Redcar" title="Redcar">Redcar</a> as the reason for not wanting to be associated with supporting government cuts.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell repeated the word "embarrassing" five times in his Commons response to the U-turn,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> adding that "a bit of humility amongst politicians never goes amiss".<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a November speech ahead of Osborne's Spending Review, McDonnell pledged that a Labour government would spend 3.5% of GDP on infrastructure and fund research through an Innovation Policy Council, describing his vision for the economy as "socialism with an <a href="/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell has explored ideas surrounding "alternative models of ownership", publishing a report on the subject in June 2017 and hosting a discussion conference in London in February 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report sets out the "practicality and necessity of a shift to a variety of alternative forms of ownership and control of productive enterprises, including co-operatives, municipal and locally-led ownership forms, and ... new democratic forms of national ownership".<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his response to the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Autumn_Statement" class="mw-redirect" title="Autumn Statement">Autumn Statement</a> in which he accused <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a> of "sheer economic illiteracy", McDonnell highlighted that the government was "selling off at least £5 billion worth of our own assets" to foreign investors, emphasising <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To make this point he quoted from a copy of Chairman <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Red_Book" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Red Book">Little Red Book</a></i> and then threw it across the despatch box towards the Conservative front bench. A clearly amused Osborne responded by quipping that it was McDonnell's own signed copy.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph-12016384_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-12016384-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_2015-11-25_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_2015-11-25-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 September 2016, he was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council of the United Kingdom</a> and may therefore use the title <i><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parliamentary_Launch_of_the_British_Sikh_Report_2018_with_the_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Parliamentary_Launch_of_the_British_Sikh_Report_2018_with_the_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP.jpg/220px-Parliamentary_Launch_of_the_British_Sikh_Report_2018_with_the_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Parliamentary_Launch_of_the_British_Sikh_Report_2018_with_the_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP.jpg/330px-Parliamentary_Launch_of_the_British_Sikh_Report_2018_with_the_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Parliamentary_Launch_of_the_British_Sikh_Report_2018_with_the_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP.jpg/440px-Parliamentary_Launch_of_the_British_Sikh_Report_2018_with_the_Rt_Hon_John_McDonnell_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2098" data-file-height="1399" /></a><figcaption>McDonnell with members of the <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sikhism in the United Kingdom">British Sikh</a> community in April 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire" title="Grenfell Tower fire">Grenfell Tower fire</a>, McDonnell said those who died in it were "murdered" by political decisions, arguing "The decision to close fire stations and to cut 10,000 fire fighters and then to freeze their pay for over a decade contributed to those deaths inevitably".<sup id="cite_ref-bbcgrenfell_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcgrenfell-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of the word "murder" was questioned by some of his colleagues as well as the Conservative Party, with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Fitzpatrick_(politician)" title="Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)">Jim Fitzpatrick</a>, leader of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety suggesting it was "premature" to draw conclusions about what caused the deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcgrenfell_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcgrenfell-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell said that Grenfell "symbolised for many everything that's gone wrong in this country since austerity was imposed upon us" and used it to highlight pay cuts across the public sector, arguing that Conservatives praise the emergency services "every time there's a tragedy" while cutting jobs and wages.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell sparked controversy when he joked that Conservative politician <a href="/wiki/Esther_McVey" title="Esther McVey">Esther McVey</a> should be <a href="/wiki/Lynched" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynched">lynched</a> and described her as a "stain on humanity."<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said that he was quoting a constituent speaking at a public meeting convened to oppose McVey's policies on benefits and did not endorse the sentiment.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Leader of the House of Commons">Leader of the House of Commons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrea_Leadsom" title="Andrea Leadsom">Andrea Leadsom</a>, called the remark "truly evil."<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, McDonnell said: "I will be the first socialist Labour Chancellor".<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell in his <i>Who’s Who</i> entry posted one of his hobbies as "fermenting [sic] the overthrow of capitalism".<sup id="cite_ref-capitalism1_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-capitalism1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, McDonnell said that he "wants to "overthrow capitalism" and replace it with a "socialist society"". He also said Venezuela's economic problems were because it was no longer a socialist country.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view"><span title="The material near this tag may be giving undue weight to a viewpoint or idea. (July 2024)">undue weight?</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:John_McDonnell#undue" title="Talk:John McDonnell">discuss</a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In September 2018, McDonnell said he would only back a second referendum on the European Union if the option to remain is not present.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also agreed with shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner, when he suggested a second referendum could lead to social unrest.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2019, McDonnell sparked controversy when he referred to the former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> as a "villain." Writing on Twitter, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> said: "JM should be utterly ashamed of his remarks and withdraw them forthwith."<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During a comprehensive interview conducted by former Labour Party member <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Campbell" title="Alastair Campbell">Alastair Campbell</a> for British <i><a href="/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> in October 2019, McDonnell stated his disapproval of the former's expulsion from the party and indicated he would support his return. He also expressed his own view that the next party leader should be female, and that the party should employ <a href="/wiki/Positive_discrimination" class="mw-redirect" title="Positive discrimination">positive discrimination</a> to aid that prospect if Jeremy Corbyn were to lose the next general election. When asked to name any current <a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> politician whom he respected, he declined, subsequently stating that he "can't forgive any of them". Campbell followed up by asking the same question about any historic Tories, to which McDonnell replied "No".<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon the election of <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Leader of the Labour Party (UK)">Leader of the Labour Party</a>, McDonnell stood down as Shadow Chancellor and was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Anneliese_Dodds" title="Anneliese Dodds">Anneliese Dodds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Return_to_the_backbenches_(2020–present)"><span id="Return_to_the_backbenches_.282020.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Return to the backbenches (2020–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Return to the backbenches (2020–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2020, McDonnell met with <a href="/wiki/Julian_Assange" title="Julian Assange">Julian Assange</a> at <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Belmarsh" title="HM Prison Belmarsh">HM Prison Belmarsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He ran a campaign to pass a motion supporting <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> at the 2022 Labour Party conference after it failed in 2021 due to a lack of trade union support.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 February 2022, following the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, McDonnell was one of 11 Labour MPs threatened with losing the party whip after they signed a statement by the <a href="/wiki/Stop_the_War_Coalition" title="Stop the War Coalition">Stop the War Coalition</a> which questioned the legitimacy of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> and accused the military alliance of "eastward expansion". All 11 MPs subsequently removed their signatures.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McDonnell subsequently joined calls led by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign for increased arms supplies to Ukraine and criticized those on the left who opposed it.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, he criticised <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> for allowing members from the party's right wing to become "drunk with power". This came after members of the Labour left had been barred from running as Labour candidates at the next general election and some left wing sitting MPs such as <a href="/wiki/Ian_Byrne" title="Ian Byrne">Ian Byrne</a> were forced to face re-selection by their local constituency parties. It also followed the October 2021 suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour whip.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2024, McDonnell campaigned on and voted for the scrapping of the <a href="/wiki/Two_child_benefit_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="Two child benefit cap">two child benefit cap</a> which he opposed in 2015 when it was introduced under the Conservatives, defying the Labour whip.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of seven Labour MP's who voted in favour of a SNP motion to scrap the rule and as a result had the whip suspended for six months.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDonnell belongs to the left-wing of the British Labour Party and is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Campaign_Group" title="Socialist Campaign Group">Socialist Campaign Group</a>, a left-wing <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary caucus">parliamentary caucus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McDonnell opposed the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a> and subsequent <a href="/wiki/Iraq_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq war">Iraq war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> When asked if he was a <a href="/wiki/Marxist" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxist">Marxist</a> in an <a href="/wiki/LBC" title="LBC">LBC</a> interview with <a href="/wiki/Iain_Dale" title="Iain Dale">Iain Dale</a>, McDonnell replied: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>“I describe myself as a <a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialist</a>. I think I'm in the tradition of the <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Attlee</a> government”.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McDonnell has two daughters from his first marriage, which ended in 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a son<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from his second marriage to Cynthia Pinto in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_Profile_2001_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_Profile_2001-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, McDonnell suffered a heart attack and was forced to take time off work.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While raised as a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> and attending a <a href="/wiki/Minor_seminary" title="Minor seminary">minor seminary</a>, McDonnell now identifies as an <a href="/wiki/Atheist" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheist">atheist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this McDonnell still respects the Church and acknowledges that he owes a "debt" to it for shaping his politics, later saying "The values of Catholicism are the inherent values of the Labour Party and the inherent values of socialism".<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Economics_for_the_Many" title="Economics for the Many">Economics for the Many</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Representation_Committee_(2004)" title="Labour Representation Committee (2004)">Labour Representation Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Campaign_Group" title="Socialist Campaign Group">Socialist Campaign Group</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_McDonnell&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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