David Hanson (politician)

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The Rt Hon David George Hanson MP
David Hanson (politician)
Incumbent
Assumed office 
9 May 2007
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
Preceded by New Post
Member of Parliament
for Delyn
Incumbent
Assumed office 
9 April 1992
Preceded by Keith Raffan
Majority 6,644 (19.5%)
Born 5 July 1957 (1957-07-05) (age 50)
Liverpool, Merseyside
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse Margaret Hanson
Children Tom, Amy, Alys and Daniel
Residence Flint, Wales
Alma mater University of Hull
Website www.davidhanson.labour.co.uk/

David George Hanson PC (born July 5, 1957) British politician. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Delyn and is the Minister of State for Justice.

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[edit] Background

David Hanson was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, the son of a forklift truck driver and wages clerk and was educated at the Verdin Comprehensive School (now called Verdin High School, and known as Winsford Verdin Grammar School before 1970) on Grange Lane in Winsford, Cheshire and the University of Hull where he received a BA in 1978 and a CertEd in 1980, whilst in Hull he was the vice president of the university Students' union. He began his career with the Cooperative Society in 1980 as a trainee manager, becoming a manager in Plymouth in 1981 until he joined Spastics Society in 1982. He left the Spastics Society in 1989 when he was appointed as a director at the Society for the prevention of Solvent Abuse.

He married Margaret Rose Mitchell, who has also been a politician in Vale Royal. She was narrowly defeated at the 1999 Eddisbury By-election.[1]. They have two sons, Tom (born July 1987) and Daniel (born March 2003) and two daughters, Amy (born August 1988) and Alys (born August 1990).

[edit] Political career

He was elected as a councillor to the Vale Royal Borough Council in 1983 becoming the Labour group and council leader in 1989 until 1991 when he stood down to fight delyn at the 1992 election. He was also elected as a councillor to the Northwich Town Council in 1987 and also led the Labour group there in 1989 for a year, he left the Town Council in 1991.

He unsuccessfully contested Eddisbury at the 1983 General Election where he was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Alastair Goodlad by some 14,846 votes. In 1984 he contested the West Cheshire seat for the European Parliament but was again unsuccessful. He contested Delyn in Wales at the 1987 General Election but was defeated by the Tory Keith Raffan by 1,224 votes. It proved third time lucky for Hanson when he was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 General Election when, following Raffan's retirement, he won the Clwyd seat at Delyn by 2,039 and has remained the MP there since. He made his maiden speech on May 6, 1992.[2]

In parliament he was a member of the Welsh affairs select committee from 1992 until he joined the public accounts committee in 1996. He became the Parliamentary Private Secretary PPS to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Alistair Darling in 1997 and became a member of the Tony Blair government in his first reshuffle in 1998 when he was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip. He was promoted in 1999 on his appointment as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office. Following the 2001 General Election he became the PPS to Prime Minister Blair. He has served as the Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office from the 2005 General Election until May 8th 2007, when the Northern Ireland Assembly was restored after its period of suspension. On 9th May 2007, he was appointed Minister of State at the new Ministry of Justice.[1].
On 21 February 2007, his approval to the Privy Council was announced[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.number10.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  2. ^ www.number10.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.

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[edit] Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Keith Raffan		 Member of Parliament for Delyn
1992 – present		 Incumbent