page_title: Jo Platt
hierarchical_section_title: Jo Platt
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of Jo Platt
context_page_description: Joanne Marie Platt is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. She was the first female MP for Leigh, holding the seat from 2017 until losing it to the Conservative Party candidate, James Grundy, in 2019.
  Platt served as a Shadow Cabinet Office Minister with responsibility for cybersecurity from July 2018. Prior to this she was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner and was a Member of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.
context_section_description: Joanne Marie Platt (born 15 June 1973) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. She was the first female MP for Leigh, holding the seat from 2017 until losing it to the Conservative Party candidate, James Grundy, in 2019.
  Platt served as a Shadow Cabinet Office Minister with responsibility for cybersecurity from July 2018. Prior to this she was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner and was a Member of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.
caption: Official Parliamentary Portrait of Jo Platt
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