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 Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 July 2024 – 20 July 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | David TC Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Stephen Kinnock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Cardiff East Cardiff Central (2015–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jenny Willott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 9,097 (23.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Joanna Meriel Stevens 6 September 1966 Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Manchester Manchester Metropolitan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joanna Meriel "Jo" Stevens (born 6 September 1966) is a Welsh Labour Party politician in the UK House of Commons. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff Central in the May 2015 general election. She was born in Swansea, Wales.
In Jeremy Corbyn's January 2016 reshuffle, she was appointed shadow solicitor general and shadow justice minister. In October 2016 reshuffle, after Corbyn's re-election as party leader, Stevens became Shadow Secretary of State for Wales. She resigned from the shadow cabinet on 27 January 2017, due to a disagreement over triggering article 50.
