Ivan Henderson

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Ivan John Henderson (born 7 June 1958) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Labour Member of Parliament for Harwich, and was first elected in 1997.

Henderson was previously a Harwich Town Councillor and Tendring District Councillor. In Parliament he was a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Home Office, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury. He worked closely with Gordon Brown until he lost his seat to the Conservative Douglas Carswell in the 2005 general election.

Henderson continued to play an active role in local politics, acting as the Labour Party's spokesman for Harwich and Clacton. In March 2007, he was selected as Labour's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the new Clacton constituency.


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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Iain Sproat		 Member of Parliament for Harwich
1997–2005		 Succeeded by
Douglas Carswell
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