Iain Wright

Iain David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hartlepool since 2004, and is currently the Shadow Minister for Industry. He was previously Parliamentary UnderSecretary of State with responsibility for apprenticeships and 1419 reform in the Department for Children, Schools and Families untilMay 2010.

Wright was born in Hartlepool and graduated with a BA in 1994 and MA in 1995 in history from University College London. That year he joined the Labour Party and was elected as an officer of Cleveland and Richmond Young Labour. He worked as a chartered accountant for Deloitte amp Touche from 19962003 and for the One NorthEast RDA from 20034 before his election. He was elected as a councillor for the Rift House ward of Hartlepool Borough Council in 2002, and a served on the councils Cabinet with responsibility for performance management.

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