Jonathan Shaw (politician)

Jonathan Rowland Shaw (born 3 June 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the member of parliament for Chatham and Aylesford from 1997 to 2010.

He was also an assistant government whip in 2006–07, prior to joining The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as minister for Fisheries.

Following a cabinet reshuffle in October 2008, Shaw was moved to the DWP, becoming a parliamentary under-secretary of state for work and pensions, and minister for disabled people, replacing Anne McGuire,[4] while retaining his position as minister for the South East.

Shaw lost his seat at the 2010 general election to Tracey Crouch of the Conservative Party.

On the BBC Politics Show South East in July 2010, he said that he had withdrawn from public life.