John Eugene Joseph Dromey (29 September 1948 – 7 January 2022) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He was Deputy General Secretary of Unite from 2003 to 2010. He also was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington from 2010 until his death.

Dromey was the Shadow Minister for Housing from 2010 until 2013, when he became the Shadow Minister for Policing. He was Shadow Minister for Labour in October 2016. He was made the Shadow Minister for Pensions in 2018 until 2021.

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He also was the Treasurer of the Labour Party.

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Dromey was married to MP Harriet Harman, former deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1982 until his death.

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He was a critic of Labour and Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Dromey died suddenly from heart failure on 7 January 2022 at his home in Birmingham, England at the age of 73.

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