Background
His father, Tony Benn, and younger brother, Hilary Benn, have both been senior Labour politicians. His mother was Caroline Benn and his sister is Melissa Benn, a feminist writer
His father, Tony Benn, and younger brother, Hilary Benn, have both been senior Labour politicians. His mother was Caroline Benn and his sister is Melissa Benn, a feminist writer
Keele University.
He is a graduate of Keele University. Daniel John Wedgwood Benn, born in 1991. Emily, an investment banker by occupation, is pursuing a political career, and sits on the Croydon London Borough Council as a Labour member.
In 2011, he was appointed director of parliamentary affairs for the Society of Biology after spending two decades in a similar role for the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Benn succeeded to the title of Viscount Stansgate on the death of his father in March 2014.
He was an elected Member of the Inner London Education Authority from 1986 to 1990.