What is James Purnell?
[[File:James Purnell, Policy Network, April 6 2009, detail.jpg|thumb|James Purnell, April 2009]] '''James Mark Dakin Purnell''' (born 2 March 1970) was an [[England|English]] politician was [[Secretary of State for Work and Pensions]] in 2010. He was the [[Member of Parliament]] for the [[Stalybridge and Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Stalybridge and Hyde]] [[constituency]] in the [[United Kingdom]] from the [[wikt:elect|elected]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 general election]] until he retired at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]]. He is currently the Head of the Open Left project at the left leaning think tank [[Demos (UK think tank)|Demos]] He is a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Purnell, James}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]]