Ian Austin (politician)
| Ian Austin | |
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| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 27 June 2007 – 4 October 2008 Serving with Angela Smith |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Keith Hill |
| Succeeded by | Jon Trickett |
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Member of Parliament for Dudley North |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Ross Cranston |
| Majority | 4,181 (11%) |
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6 March 1965 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Essex |
| Website |
ianaustin.co.uk parliament..ian-austin |
Ian Christopher Austin (born 6 March 1965) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley North since the 2005 general election. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2009 to 2010.
Austin was born on 6 March 1965 and was adopted as a baby by Dudley school teachers Fred and Margaret Austin. Having failed the eleven-plus to attend King Edward's School, Birmingham, he was educated at the Dudley School from 1977 to 1983. He studied government and politics at Essex University.
His father, Fred (a Czech Jew who was adopted by an English family on the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia), was head of the Dudley School from its formation in 1975 until his retirement in 1985. Fred Austin, born Fredi Stiler, was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List for 2006 in recognition of his service to the communities of Dudley.
Keen to obtain a National Union of Journalists card, he took a job with Black Country Publishing in Netherton where his personal interest in sport, especially cycling (he is now Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group) and football, led him to work as a journalist on Midland Sport Magazine.
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