Wes Streeting is the Labour MP for Ilford North and Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Elected in 2015, he was a member of the influential House of Commons Treasury Committee from 2015 until the 2019 general election. Following Keir Starmer’s election as Leader of the Labour Party, Wes was appointed as Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and in October 2020 was promoted to Shadow Schools Minister. In May 2021 Wes was promoted to Starmer’s shadow cabinet in the role of Shadow Child Poverty Secretary, and in November 2021 he became the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.