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Vernon Coaker MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 13 September 2015 – 26 June 2016
Leader	Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by	Ivan Lewis
Succeeded by	Dave Anderson
In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Shaun Woodward
Succeeded by	Ivan Lewis
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office 7 October 2013 – 13 September 2015
Leader	Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting)
Preceded by	Jim Murphy
Succeeded by	Maria Eagle
Minister of State for Schools
In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Jim Knight
Succeeded by	Nick Gibb
Member of Parliament for Gedling
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Andrew Mitchell
Majority	2,986 (6.2%)
Personal details
Born	Vernon Rodney Coaker (1953-06-17) 17 June 1953 (age 71) London, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Jacqueline Heaton
Children	Daughter and son
Alma mater	University of Warwick Nottingham Trent University
Website	Official website

Vernon Rodney Coaker (born 17 June 1953) is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling since 1997.^[1]

He also served as the Minister of State for Schools from 2009 to 2010, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 2013 to 2015 and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from October 2011 to October 2013, and again from September 2015 until his resignation in June 2016 from the Shadow Cabinet.

• Vernon Coaker website Archived 2015-03-19 at the Wayback Machine