For other people with similar names, see Ian Wright (disambiguation).
Iain Wright
Official portrait, 2009
Chairman of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee
In office 18 June 2015 – 12 July 2017
Preceded by
Adrian Bailey
Succeeded by
Rachel Reeves
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for 14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships
In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister
Gordon Brown
Preceded by
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (as PUS for Schools and Learners)
Member of Parliament for Hartlepool
In office 30 September 2004 – 3 May 2017
Preceded by
Peter Mandelson
Succeeded by
Mike Hill
Personal details
Born
(1972-05-09) 9 May 1972 (age 51) Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Tiffiny Wright[1]
Alma mater
University College London
Iain David Wright (born 9 May 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 2004 to 2017, and served also as 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 seeking re election at the snap election of 2017.[2] On 12 July 2017, fellow Labour MP Rachel Reeves succeeded Wright as Chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee.[3]
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^Editorial (12 July 2017). "The Guardian view on select committees: chairs of power - Editorial". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
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