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Stephen Creswell Timms (born 29 July 1955) is a British (British people) Labour (Labour Party (UK)) politician (Politics of the United Kingdom), who has been the Member of Parliament for East Ham (East Ham (UK Parliament constituency)) since 1994. He is a former Cabinet Minister having served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Labour Party (Labour Party (UK)), with particular responsibility for faith groups. Timms was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1999 and 2001, 2004 and 2005 and again between 2008 and 2010. Timms has the largest majority out of all the Members of Parliament.
Honorific-prefix: The Right Honourable,
Honorific-suffix: MP (Member of Parliament)
Constituency Mp6: East Ham (East Ham (UK Parliament constituency)),Newham North East (Newham North East (UK Parliament constituency)) (1994-1997)
Majority6: 27,826 (55.2%)
Date of birth: 1955-07-29
Birth Location: Oldham, United Kingdom
Party: Labour (Labour Party (UK))
Alma Mater: Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Religion: Christianity
Spouse: Hui-Leng Lim,(m. 1986-present)
Website: www.stephentimmsmp.org.uk
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office: 5 October 2008-11 May 2010
Predceded by: Jane Kennedy (Jane Kennedy (politician))
Succeeded by: Mark Hoban
Primeminister: Gordon Brown
In office: 12 September 2004-6 May 2005
Predceded by: Ruth Kelly
Succeeded by: John Healey
Primeminister: Tony Blair
In office: 29 July 1999-8 June 2001
Predceded by: Barbara Roche
Succeeded by: Paul Boateng
Primeminister: Tony Blair
Minister for Digital Britain
In office: 6 August 2009-11 May 2010
Primeminister: Gordon Brown
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office: 5 May 2006-28 June 2007
Predceded by: Des Browne
Succeeded by: Andrew Burnham
Primeminister: Tony Blair
In office: 9 June 1994
Predceded by: Ron Leighton