In Parliament
At the 2010 general election, Paul Blomfield was elected as the MP for Sheffield Central. He was one of the first MPs to nominate Ed Miliband, the successful candidate, in the 2010 Labour Leadership election. On 9 October 2010, he was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Hilary Benn, retaining the role when Benn was moved to become Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. He was also elected to sit on the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, and later became Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Higher Education. Blomfield underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumour in August 2011, going on to make a full recovery.
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