Hilary Benn - Northern Ireland Secretary

HILARY BENN

In 2025, into 2026, Hilary Benn remained the Northern Ireland Secretary. All quiet on the western front!

Hilary Benn, the son of Tony Wedgewood Benn, the prominent Left-wing Labour politician, was first elected to Parliament in 1999, two years after Sir Tony’s landslide victory, at the by-election to replace the late Leeds Central MP Derek Fatchett.

He held a number of senior government roles under both Sir Tony and Gordon Brown, including an almost four-year stint as secretary of state for international development, and remained on the Labour frontbench until he was sacked by Mr Corbyn in 2016. After a long hiatus, he returned last year as Sir Keir’s shadow Northern Ireland secretary.

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