Autographs of Jack Straw
John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. More about Jack Straw
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Straw was born in Essex and educated at Oaklands School, where his mother worked as a teacher, and later at Brentwood School. He studied Law at the University of Leeds before having a career as a barrister. He served as an adviser to cabinet minister Barbara Castle and was selected to succeed her as MP for the Blackburn constituency when she stood down at the 1979 United Kingdom general election.
From 2007 to 2010, he served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout the Brown ministry. Straw is one of only three individuals to have served in Cabinet continuously during the Labour governments from 1997 to 2010, the others being Brown and Alistair Darling. After the Labour Party lost power in the 2010 United Kingdom general election, he briefly served as Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, with the intention of standing down from the frontbench after the subsequent 2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election. Read even more about Jack Straw at Wikipedia
From 2007 to 2010, he served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout the Brown ministry. Straw is one of only three individuals to have served in Cabinet continuously during the Labour governments from 1997 to 2010, the others being Brown and Alistair Darling. After the Labour Party lost power in the 2010 United Kingdom general election, he briefly served as Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, with the intention of standing down from the frontbench after the subsequent 2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election. Read even more about Jack Straw at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Jack Straw
The most expensive item with a signature of Jack Straw (1993 Jack Straw MP, ex Home Secretary & Foreign Sec, Signed Letter Commons Paper) was sold in January 2021 for £20.00 while the cheapest item (JACK STRAW-Labour Politician For Blackburn-Ex Foreign Secretary-Signed Picture) found a new owner for £0.95 in May 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was October 2012 with an average selling price of £9.99 for an autographed item of Jack Straw. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2021 with £20.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2015. In average, an autographed item from Jack Straw is worth £4.20.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jack Straw were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1993 GB FDC -Sherlock Holmes -Signed Jack Straw MP - Labour Politician | £4.00 | |
| 1993 Jack Straw MP, ex Home Secretary & Foreign Sec, Signed Letter Commons Paper | £20.00 | |
| Autograph Political Jack Straw Photograph and Blue page both signed. | £4.00 | |
| Benham 1997 General Election First Day Cover Signed Jack Straw | £5.69 | |
| Hand Signed 8 X 6 Photo Of Jack Straw Former Secretary Of State | £5.00 | |
| JACK STRAW - LABOUR MP POLITICIAN - SIGNED 8X6 PHOTO | £4.50 | |
| JACK STRAW - LABOUR POLITICIAN - EXCELLENT SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £8.00 | |
| JACK STRAW - LABOUR POLITICIAN - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £6.00 | |
| JACK STRAW -LABOUR M.P- 5x7 PHOTO SIGNED- (Slight crease) | £3.49 | |
| JACK STRAW SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | £4.20 | |
| Jack Straw Signed Photograph Labour Party Politician Political | £8.99 | |
| Jack Straw Signed Picture with Frame | £10.00 | |
| Politicians - David Owen - John Reid - Jack Straw Etc. - Eight Signed Photos | £4.99 | |
| Politicians - David Owen - Robin Cook - Jack Straw Etc. - Seven Signed Photos | £4.99 | |
| RT HON JACK STRAW HAND SIGNED LETTER 1998 | £14.95 | |