Ian Lucas was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Regulatory Reform in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2009 until Labour's defeat at the 2010 General Election.
18 Facts About Ian Lucas
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Ian Lucas was born and brought up in a council house in Gateshead, the second son of Colin and Alice Lucas.
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Ian Lucas attended Greenwell Junior High School on Beacon Lough Road in Gateshead then Newcastle Royal Grammar School, and won a place at New College, Oxford University, to study jurisprudence gaining a BA in 1982.
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Ian Lucas worked for Lees Moore and Price in Birkenhead until 1989.
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Ian Lucas then worked for Roberts Moore Nicholas Jones until 1992 in Wrexham.
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Ian Lucas contested the traditionally conservative seat of North Shropshire in the 1997 general election, but was narrowly defeated.
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Ian Lucas has served as a school governor, and on a local hospital board.
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Ian Lucas was later selected to stand for the UK Parliament in Wrexham, and won the seat in 2001.
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Ian Lucas was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education.
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Ian Lucas resigned as PPS on 6 September 2006, due to the refusal by Tony Blair to name a date for stepping down as Prime Minister.
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Ian Lucas was promoted by Gordon Brown in the reshuffle of October 2008, to the role of assistant government whip.
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Ian Lucas then entered Government as a minister for the first time in the June 2009 reshuffle, becoming Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Regulatory Reform in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and held that post until the Labour government left office in May 2010.
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Ian Lucas was the shadow minister for the Middle East and Africa.
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Ian Lucas has served as a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee and the Transport Select Committee.
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Ian Lucas has taken an interest in sustainable energy, devolution of powers in Wales, and links with Germany.
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Ian Lucas supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.
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Ian Lucas did not stand for re-election at the 2019 general election.
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Ian Lucas further alleged that Mark Polin, the Chief Constable for North Wales Police had misled him it.