John McDonnell John McDonnell John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who was appointed the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in September 2015. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since the 1997 general election. He has served as chair of the Socialist Campaign Group in Parliament and the Labour Representation Committee, and was the chair of the Public Services Not Private Profit Group. He is also parliamentary convenor of the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group of eight left-wing trade unions representing over half a million workers. McDonnell attempted to stand for
Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland of Parliament under Queen Anne. It was not expressly established by the Exchequer Court (Scotland) Act 1707 (6 Anne cap.26 - 53), but its existence was implied by section 11 of that Act and the Exchequer was reconstituted into a court on the English model with a Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and 4 ordinary Barons. The court adopted English forms of procedure and had further powers added to it. On 16 May 1709, John Philp and Robert Arbuthnot received a Crown commission as joint Auditors, without power of deputation. Nine years later, however, on 1 July 1718, Sir