Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4000
Fax: 020 7219 2949
timmss@parliament.uk
Constituency
No constituency office
stephen@stephentimms.org.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Newham North East from 9 June 1994 by-election to 1997, for East Ham 1997-2010, for East Ham (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to Andrew Smith as Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 1997-98;
Joint PPS to Marjorie Mowlam as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1998;
Department of Social Security 1998-99:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1998-99,
Minister of State 1999;
Financial Secretary, HM Treasury 1999-2001;
Minister of State:
Department for Education and Skills (School Standards) 2001-02,
Department of Trade and Industry (Energy, E-Commerce and Postal Services) 2002-04;
Financial Secretary, HM Treasury 2004-05;
Minister of State Department for Work and Pensions (Pensions Reform) 2005-06;
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2006-07;
Minister of State (Competitiveness), Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2007-08;
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 2008;
Financial Secretary, HM Treasury 2008-10;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Digital Britain) 2009-10;
Shadow Financial Secretary 2010;
Shadow Minister for:
Business, Innovation and Skills 2010,
Employment 2010-
Party groups
Christian Socialist Movement:
Joint vice-chair 1995-98,
Chair 2012-;
Vice-chair, Labour Party Faith Groups 2007-
Select committees
Member: Treasury 1996-97,
Public Accounts 2004-05,
Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills 2009-10
Councils, public bodies
London Borough of Newham:
Councillor 1984-97,
Leader of the Council 1990-94;
Board Member, East London Partnership (now East London Business Alliance) 1990-2006;
Stratford Development Partnership 1992-94
Political interests
Economic policy, urban regeneration, telecommunications, employment, Christian socialism
Countries of interest
Germany, Singapore
General Election 2010 - East Ham
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Timms, Stephen |
Lab |
35471 |
69.69% |
| Shea, Paul |
Con |
7645 |
15.02% |
| Brice, Chris |
Lib Dem |
5849 |
11.5% |
| O'Connor, Barry |
Eng Dem |
822 |
1.62% |
| Maciejowska, Judy |
Green |
586 |
1.16% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (7.42% from Con to Lab) |