Iain Wright
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Iain Wright MP |
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| Chairman of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee | |
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Assumed office 18 June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Adrian Bailey |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for 14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships | |
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In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Sarah McCarthy-Fry (as PUS for Schools and Learners) |
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Member of Parliament for Hartlepool |
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Assumed office 8 September 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Mandelson |
| Majority | 3,024 (7.7%) |
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9 May 1972 Hartlepool, County Durham, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Tiffiny Wright |
| Alma mater | University College London |
Iain David Wright (born 9 May 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool since 2004, and is currently the Chairman of Business Innovation and Skills Committee. He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for apprenticeships, and 14 to 19 reform in the Department for Children, Schools and Families until 11 May 2010. In April 2017, he announced that he would not be standing as a candidate in the 2017 General Election.
Wright was born in Hartlepool and graduated with a BA in 1994, and MA in 1995 in history from University College London. That year, he joined the Labour Party and was elected as an officer of Cleveland and Richmond Young Labour. He worked as a chartered accountant for Deloitte & Touche from 1996 to 2003, and for the One NorthEast RDA from 2003 to 2004 before his election.
He was elected as a councillor for the Rift House ward of Hartlepool Borough Council in 2002, and a served on the council's Cabinet with responsibility for performance management.
He was the only Hartlepool member on the shortlist when Peter Mandelson stepped down as Labour MP for the town in September 2004, and was easily selected as the Labour Party candidate for the by election.
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