Ian McCartney
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The Right Honourable Sir Ian McCartney |
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| Minister of State for Trade | |
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In office 5 May 2006 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ian Pearson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Jones of Birmingham |
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Labour Party Chair Minister without Portfolio |
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In office 4 April 2003 – 5 May 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Reid |
| Succeeded by | Hazel Blears |
| Minister of State for Pensions | |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 4 April 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Jeff Rooker |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Wicks |
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Member of Parliament for Makerfield |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Michael McGuire |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne Fovargue |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 April 1951 Kirkintilloch, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | Ianmccartney.com |
Sir Ian McCartney (born 25 April 1951) is a former British politician, the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the Makerfield constituency between 1987 to 2010, and served in the Cabinet, from 2003 to 2007, when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2010 Dissolution Honours List.
He was born in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, to the late Labour MP for Dunbartonshire East, Hugh McCartney, and his late wife, Margaret, a trade unionist. Ian McCartney had two sisters, Irene and the late Margaret.
Educated at Lenzie Academy, he left the school at the age of 15 "under a bit of a cloud" without any qualifications or school prizes. He led a paper-boys' strike at the age of fifteen, and had a number of jobs after leaving school, including a seaman, a local government manual worker, and a kitchen worker. He was a councillor for the Abram ward (Metropolitan Borough of Wigan) from 1982 to 1987.
McCartney became the MP for Makerfield following the 1987 general election. He was one of the founders of the All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group the same year, and was its first chairman. He held a number of positions during Labour's period in opposition, and was variously a spokesman on Health, Employment, Education and Social Services. In 1994 he ran John Prescott's successful campaign to become Labour's Deputy Leader. McCartney was one of the shortest MPs, standing five feet, one inch tall. He described himself on his parliamentary notepaper as the "Socialist MP for Makerfield".
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