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Jane Ellison

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Jane Elizabeth Ellison[1](born 15 August 1964)[2]is a British United Nations official and former politician. A member of theConservative Party,she was first elected at the2010 general electionas theMember of ParliamentforBattersea.On 7 May 2015, she was re-elected with an increased margin of 3.4%. She lost the seat toMarsha de Cordovaof theLabour Partyat the2017 snap general election.In November 2017 she joined the senior leadership team[3]of theWorld Health Organizationserving until November 2022.

Jane Ellison
Ellison in 2015
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
15 July 2016 – 8 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byDavid Gauke
Succeeded byMel Stride
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health
In office
7 October 2013 – 15 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byAnna Soubry
Succeeded byDavid Mowat
Member of Parliament
forBattersea
In office
7 May 2010 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byMartin Linton
Succeeded byMarsha de Cordova
Personal details
Born(1964-08-15)15 August 1964(age 60)
Bradford,England
Political partyConservative
Alma materSt Hilda's College, Oxford
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and career

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Ellison was born inBradford,attendingSt. Joseph's Catholic College, Bradford,then a girls'grammar school.She studiedPhilosophy, Politics and Economics[4]atSt Hilda's College, Oxford.After university, she worked at theJohn Lewis Partnership,where she held many positions up until her election to theHouse of Commonssome 23 years later.[5]

A formerBarnet London Borough Councillor,she contested the1996 Barnsley East by-electionand the2000 Tottenham by-election,in both cases finishing in third place, and contestedBarnsley East and Mexboroughin1997andPendlein the2005 general election.[6]Labour retained the seat, although she almost halved the majority of sitting MPGordon Prenticefrom 4,275 to 2,180.

She was selected as theprospective parliamentary candidatefor Battersea in September 2006,[7]following anopen primaryheld at theBattersea Arts Centre.

Parliamentary career

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Ellison was elected at the2010 general election,with a majority of 5,977.[8]In Parliament, she served on the Backbench Business Committee and Work and Pensions Committee.[8]In 2011 she founded the first All Party Parliamentary Group on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),[9]speaking regularly on the issue in Parliament.

Ellison speaks at theOverseas Territories Joint Ministerial Councilmeeting in London on 1 December 2015.

Ellison was appointedParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Healthin October 2013.[6][8]She continued her interest in FGM, bringing forward a number of measures aimed at ending the practise during her time as a Minister.[10][11]She described providing political direction to theNational Health Service(NHS) as "a bit like being on a high wire without a net at times, it can be quite exciting" in a meeting with theTory Reform Groupin 2014.[12]

According toThe Observer,she also said: "I don't know how much any of you realise that with the Lansley act we pretty much gave away control of the NHS… we have some important strategic mechanisms but we don't really have day-to-day control", which was seized upon by critics as evidence that the government's NHS reforms had not succeeded.[12]

In January 2015, Ellison announced the government was proposing introducing a ban on advertising on cigarette packaging before the next election, and the standardised packaging of cigarettes legislation passed the House of Commons in March 2015.[13]After a Parliamentary debate in February 2015,[14]Ellison signed theMitochondrial DonationRegulations on 4 March making the UK the first country in the world to legislate for the procedure.[15]

Following the EU Referendum in which she campaigned for Remain[16]Ellison was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury in July 2016[17]and in August 2016 she announced that the Government would be proceeding with the Soft Drinks Industry Levy, also known as the sugar tax.[18]

After politics

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In October 2017 Ellison was appointed as Deputy Director-General for Corporate Operations at theWorld Health Organizationunder the leadership ofDirector GeneralTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.On 6 March 2019 as part of a wider programme of reorganization she became the Executive Director for External Relations and Governance at WHO.[19]She left the WHO in November 2022 when there were a number of changes in the senior leadership team.[20]

Other activities

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Personal life

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Ellison lives inBalhamwith her partner John, and enjoys music and walking.[6]

References

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  1. ^"No. 61230".The London Gazette.18 May 2015. p. 9117.
  2. ^"By-elections 1997–2000 Results and Candidates' Biographies (see Tottenham)".UK Election Results.Archivedfrom the original on 12 July 2010.Retrieved25 July2010.
  3. ^"New WHO leadership team announced".who.int.Retrieved3 April2023.
  4. ^Yearbook, Parliamentary."Ellison, Jane".Archivedfrom the original on 14 August 2016.Retrieved16 July2016.
  5. ^"The Conservative Party | People | Members of Parliament | Jane Ellison MP".Archived fromthe originalon 11 May 2010.Retrieved16 May2010.
  6. ^abc"About Jane - Jane Ellison - Parliamentary Candidate for Battersea".janeellison.net.Archived fromthe originalon 12 August 2014.Retrieved11 August2014.
  7. ^"ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog: Where are the original A-Listers now? The 27 who have been selected for target seats".conservativehome.blogs.Archivedfrom the original on 2 November 2011.Retrieved6 February2011.
  8. ^abc"Jane Ellison MP".UK Parliament.Archivedfrom the original on 16 March 2015.Retrieved24 March2015.
  9. ^Davies, Madlen (7 October 2013)."Jane Ellison appointed health minister".Pulse Today.Retrieved3 April2023.
  10. ^"New government measures to end FGM".GOV.UK.Retrieved3 April2023.
  11. ^"Female genital mutilation prevention week of action".GOV.UK.12 February 2016.Retrieved3 April2023.
  12. ^abHelm, Toby (21 June 2014)."NHS is out of control, says Tory health minister".Observer.Archivedfrom the original on 2 April 2015.Retrieved24 March2015.
  13. ^"MPs back standardised cigarette packaging".BBC News.11 March 2015.Retrieved3 April2023.
  14. ^"MPs say yes to three-person babies".BBC News.3 February 2015.Retrieved3 April2023.
  15. ^"Mitochondrial Donation - The Lily Foundation".thelilyfoundation.org.uk.Retrieved3 April2023.
  16. ^"Wandsworth's three MPs back Britain to remain in EU as referendum draws near".Wandsworth Times.22 June 2016.Retrieved3 April2023.
  17. ^"Jane Ellison".GOV.UK.Retrieved3 April2023.
  18. ^"Britain launches soft drinks sugar tax to fight obesity".Reuters.17 August 2016.Retrieved3 April2023.
  19. ^"WHO unveils sweeping reforms in drive towards" triple billion "targets".who.int.Retrieved3 April2023.
  20. ^Jenny Lei Ravelo (22 November 2022),Exclusive: Here's everyone who is leaving WHO leadershipDevex.
  21. ^LeadershipWorld Health Summit(WHS).
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