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john mcdonnell -lrb- politician -rrb-

john martin mcdonnell -lrb- born 8 september 1951 -rrb- is a british labour party politician who has been the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for hayes and harlington since 1997 ; he serves as chair of the socialist campaign group , the labour representation committee , and the `` public services not private profit group '' .
he is also parliamentary convenor of the trade union co-ordinating group of eight left-wing trade unions representing over half a million workers .
mcdonnell attempted to stand for the post of labour party leader following tony blair 's resignation in 2007 but was unable to gain sufficient nominations .
he was a candidate for leader again in 2010 following gordon brown 's resignation but withdrew in favour of diane abbott , feeling that he would be unable to secure enough nominations .
