The Right Honourable David Hanson MP |
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Shadow Minister of State, Home Office | |
Assumed office 7 October 2011 |
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Leader | Ed Miliband |
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2011 |
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Leader |
Harriet Harman Ed Miliband |
Succeeded by | Cathy Jamieson |
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing | |
In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Vernon Coaker |
Succeeded by | Nick Herbert |
Minister of State for Justice | |
In office 9 May 2007 – 9 June 2009 |
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Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Office Created |
Succeeded by | Maria Eagle |
Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
In office 11 May 2005 – 8 May 2007 |
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Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | John Spellar |
Succeeded by | Paul Goggins |
Member of Parliament for Delyn |
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Assumed office 9 April 1992 |
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Preceded by | Keith Raffan |
Majority | 2,930 (7.8%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
5 July 1957
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Hanson |
Children | Thomas, Amy, Alys and Daniel |
Residence | Flint, Flintshire, Wales, UK |
Alma mater | University of Hull |
Website | www.davidhanson.org.uk |
David George Hanson (born 5 July 1957) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn since 1992. He was the Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing from 2009 to 2010. From 11 May 2010 he has been the shadow police and justice minister and also Shadow Treasury Minister.
Hanson was born in Liverpool, Lancashire and is the son of Brian Hanson (deceased), a forklift truck driver and Glenda Hanson, a personnel records clerk and has a younger sister, Helen. David was educated at Roscoe Primary School in Liverpool, Grange Primary School and Verdin County Comprehensive School in Winsford, Cheshire, and the University of Hull where he received a BA in 1978 and a CertEd in 1980, whilst in Hull he was the vice president of the university students' union and a member of Hull University Labour Club. He began his career with the Cooperative Society in 1980 as a trainee manager, becoming a manager in Plymouth in 1981 until he joined Spastics Society, now Scope, in 1982. He left the Spastics Society in 1989 when he was appointed as a director at the Society for the Prevention of Solvent Abuse.