Hilary Benn

**Hilary James Wedgwood Benn** (born 26 November 1953) is an English politician. He was born in Hammersmith, west London. He previously held the position of Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. He has been serving as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2024. He is the Member of Parliament for the Leeds Central constituency in the United Kingdom. He was first elected in 1999 in a by-election. He is a member of the Labour Party. He is the middle son of Tony Benn (1925-2014) and Caroline Benn (1926-2000).

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- **leader5**: Harriet Harman (Acting)
Jeremy Corbyn
- **office5**: Shadow Foreign Secretary
- **predecessor5**: Douglas Alexander
- **successor5**: Emily Thornberry
- **term start5**: 11 May 2015
- **term end5**: 26 June 2016
- **leader6**: Harriet Harman (Acting)
- **office6**: Shadow First Secretary of State
- **termlabel5**: Acting
- **predecessor6**: Harriet Harman (Shadow Deputy Prime Minister)
- **term start6**: 11 May 2015
- **term end6**: 13 September 2015
- **successor6**: Angela Eagle
- **office7**: Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
- **leader7**: Ed Miliband
- **term start7**: 7 October 2011
- **term end7**: 11 May 2015
- **predecessor7**: Caroline Flint
- **successor7**: Emma Reynolds
- **office8**: Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
- **leader8**: Ed Miliband
- **term start8**: 8 October 2010
- **term end8**: 7 October 2011
- **predecessor8**: Rosie Winterton
- **successor8**: Angela Eagle
- **office9**: Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- **leader9**: Harriet Harman (Acting)
Ed Miliband
- **term start9**: 11 May 2010
- **term end9**: 8 October 2010
- **predecessor9**: Nick Herbert
- **successor9**: Mary Creagh


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- **office10**: Minister of State for International Development
- **primeminister10**: Tony Blair
- **term start10**: 13 May 2003
- **term end10**: 6 October 2003
- **predecessor10**: Sally Keeble
- **successor10**: Gareth Thomas (English politician), Gareth Thomas
- **office11**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Probations
- **primeminister11**: Tony Blair
- **term start11**: 29 May 2002
- **term end11**: 13 May 2003
- **predecessor11**: Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley, Keith Bradley
- **successor11**: Fiona Mactaggart
- **office12**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
- **primeminister12**: Tony Blair
- **term start12**: 11 June 2001
- **term end12**: 28 May 2002
- **predecessor12**: Chris Mullin (politician), Chris Mullin
- **successor12**: Sally Keeble


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Hilary Benn
- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **honorific-suffix**: MP
- **image**: Hilary Benn Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (crop 1).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **office1**:  Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- **predecessor1**: Chris Heaton-Harris
- **primeminister1**: Keir Starmer
- **term start1**: 5 July 2024
- **office2**: Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
- **predecessor2**: Peter Kyle
- **leader2**: Keir Starmer
- **term start2**: 4 September 2023
- **term end2**: 5 July 2024
- **office3**: Chair of the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
- **term start3**: 19 October 2016
- **term end3**: 16 January 2021
- **predecessor3**: _Office established_
- **successor3**: _Office abolished_
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- **primeminister4**: Gordon Brown
- **term start4**: 28 June 2007
- **term end4**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor4**: David Miliband
- **successor4**: Caroline Spelman
- **office5**: Secretary of State for International Development
- **primeminister5**: Tony Blair
- **term start5**: 6 October 2003
- **term end5**: 28 June 2007
- **predecessor5**: The Baroness Amos
- **successor5**: Douglas Alexander
- **office13**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Leeds Central
- **term start13**: 10 June 1999
- **term end13**: 30 June 2024
- **predecessor13**: Derek Fatchett
- **successor13**: Alex Sobel
- **majority13**: 19,270 (39.1%)
- **office14**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Leeds South
- **term start14**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor14**: _Constituency Established_
- **majority14**: 11,279 (54.0%)
- **party**: Labour Party (UK), Labour
- **birth name**: Hilary James Wedgwood Benn
- **birth place**: Hammersmith, London, England
- **children**: 4
- **alma mater**: University of Sussex