Ben Shenton
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Ben Shenton is a politician active in Jersey. He is also the son of the politician and former Senator Dick Shenton.
He was born in Saint Helier in 1960, the third of four children and educated at De La Salle College.
He lives in Grouville, Jersey.
Shenton entered the States of Jersey at the first attempt.
He was elected as a Senator in the 2005 elections, coming second after Senator Stuart Syvret, with 14,025 votes.[1]
On 19 September 2007 he defeated the Chief Minister's nominated candidate to become Minister for Health and Social Services. He appointed Senator Jim Perchard as Assistant Minister with special responsibility for social services.
As Health and Social Services Minister he represented Jersey at the British-Irish Council Summit held in Dublin on 14 February 2008.[2]
In 2009 he was elected Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and President of the Chairman's Committee – a Committee consisting of all the Chairmen of the various scrutiny panels and PAC. He resigned from the post of President of Chairman's Committee in 2011 on a matter of principle upon which he was later vindicated.
Despite deciding not to stand for re-election and his term of office ended 14 November 2011, Shenton has said that he hopes to return to the political arena in the future.[3]