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Hilary Benn represents the Labour in the House of Commons for Leeds South. This profile brings together parliamentary service details, election information and links to official records.
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For previous general elections and the full constituency record, see Leeds South election history.
The current House of Commons membership recorded by Parliament began on 10 June 1999.
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UKDECIDES · CURATED REPORTING
Hilary Benn confirmed that he was leaving the Northern Ireland secretary role as Andy Burnham formed a new cabinet. He said he would continue supporting stability, investment and work on the legacy legislation from the backbenches.
Read original source →Hilary Benn announced £4 million of emergency funding to help the Police Service of Northern Ireland meet the costs of responding to violent disorder, including mutual aid officers and overtime.
Read original source →Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn condemned racist rioting near Belfast after violent attacks and injuries to police officers. He said targeting residents because of their ethnicity was unacceptable and called for the disorder to stop.
Read original source →Hilary Benn announced the release of a further £102.6 million from the UK government transformation fund, supporting projects including healthcare digitisation and public service reform in Northern Ireland.
Read original source →As Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn published an independent review examining management and governance concerns at the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, together with the department response.
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Hilary Benn is listed by Parliament as a Labour MP for Leeds South, with the current Commons membership beginning 10 June 1999.
Parliamentary record →The latest recorded election result gives a majority of 11,279 votes.
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