14 Facts About Iain Wright

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Iain David Wright was born on 9 May 1972 and is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool from 2004 to 2017, and served as the Chairman of Business Innovation and Skills Committee.

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Iain Wright 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.

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Iain Wright was born in Hartlepool and graduated with a BA in 1994, and MA in 1995 in History from University College London.

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Iain Wright 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.

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Iain Wright 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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On polling day, Iain Wright was elected with a majority of 2,033, reduced from Mandelson's majority of 14,571.

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Iain Wright's first act as an MP was to actively campaign for the proposed North East Regional Assembly, in the referendum held in November 2004.

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8.

Iain Wright was re elected at the 2005 General Election, with an increased majority of 7,478 votes.

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Iain Wright returned to Government in July 2007, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government, before moving to the Department for Children, Schools and Families in the Cabinet reshuffle of June 2009.

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At the 2015 General Election, Iain Wright's majority was cut to 3,024 votes by UKIP candidate Phillip Broughton.

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Iain Wright supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.

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Iain Wright completed the 2011 Great North Run in aid of the Stroke Association.

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Iain Wright joined his son Benjamin, 17, on the half marathon.

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Iain Wright completed the course in his personal best time of two hours and fifty minutes, with Ben achieving a time of two hours thirty minutes.