John Gwynne’s son, Andrew is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Denton and Reddish since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Shadow Minister for Health since 2021 and from 2015 to 2016.
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At the age of 21, Gwynne became England’s youngest councillor, when on May 2, he was elected to Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, requesting the Denton West Ward for the Labour party.
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He was re-elected in 2000 and 2004 when he topped the poll in an all-out election resulting from boundary changes in the borough. From 1998 to 2001, he chaired the Denton and Audenshaw District Assembly, and during 2003-04 he chaired the Resources and Community Services Scrutiny Panel.
Gwynne has talked about experiencing depression at points during his political life, as well as suffering a pulmonary embolism.
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