- Ivan Lewis
Infobox Politician
name = Ivan Lewis
office =Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
term_start =5 October 2008
term_end =
primeminister =Gordon Brown
predecessor =Gillian Merron
successor =Incumbent
office2 =Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State , Care Services
term_start2 =15 May 2006
term_end2 =3 October 2008
primeminister2 =Tony Blair
predecessor2 =Norman Warner
successor2 =Phil Hope
constituency_MP3 = Bury South
term_start3 =1 May 1997
term_end3 =
majority3 = 8,912 (22.8%)
predecessor3 =David Sumberg
successor3 =Incumbent
birth_date = birth date and age|1967|03|04|df=yes
birth_place =Prestwich ,Bury
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = British
spouse = Juliette Fox
party = Labour
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =
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footnotes =Ivan Lewis (born
4 March 1967 ,Prestwich ,Bury ) is a politician in theUnited Kingdom . He is themember of Parliament for Bury South, and is a member of the Labour Party. He was first elected in the 1997 general election. Lewis is currentlyParliamentary Under-Secretary of State at theDepartment for International Development .Early life
Lewis was educated at the (former independent)
William Hulme Grammar School inManchester ,Stand Sixth Form College (former Stand Grammar School, now closed) andBury College .Member of Parliament
In government
Lewis was moved to a junior ministerial position in the Department of Health in the Cabinet reshuffle in May 2006. He previously held junior ministerial posts in the Treasury and the
Department for Education and Skills , and wasParliamentary Private Secretary toStephen Byers when he wasSecretary of State for Trade and Industry . On29 June 2007 in Brown's first reshuffle as Prime Minister he was re-appointed to the post ofParliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of Health, the only junior minister to survive the reshuffle where he held on to the brief for social care and added mental health services. On3 October 2008 he was moved to theDepartment for International Development . His has served as Chief Executive of Jewish Social Services in Manchester.Ivan Lewis also consistently supported plans to close
Prestwich Arts College , in his local area, due to falling pupil numbers. The plans have now been dismissed (voted out 3-0 by the School's Organisation Committee).Controversy
In 2008, Ivan Lewis was described in the House of Commons as an "
arsehole " byGreg Mulholland MP, following Lewis's refusal to allow Mulholland to intervene to correct statements Lewis had made in debate on hospice funding. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7221750.stm
title=MP defends himself over swearing|accessdate=2008-03-12] .Personal life
He is Vice-Chair of
Labour Friends of Israel , and a trustee of theHolocaust Educational Trust . Before his election he was the Chief Executive ofManchester Jewish Social Services. He married Juliette Fox in June 1990 in Stockport and they have two sons. Ivan is a lifelong Manchester City fan. [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2001_0276]In 2006 Ivan Lewis left his wife (Juliette) of sixteen years for Margaret Gibb, a councilor. [http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article22813.ece]
In 2008, The Department of Health confirmed that Ivan Lewis had made an apology for his behavior when in 2007 he began sending increasingly intimate text messages to then aide Suzie Mason, which ultimately led to her registering concern, and successfully seeking an alternative position within the Civil Service before leaving for the private sector. [http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article22813.ece]
Nick Cohen pointed out in "The Observer " on 14 September 2008 that the revelations about Lewis' private life followed articles by Lewis which constituted coded attacks onGordon Brown . [Nick Cohen [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/14/gordonbrown.labour "Call off your mafioso aides, Mr Brown",] "The Observer", 14 September 2008.]References
External links
* [http://www.prestwich.bury.sch.uk Prestwich Arts College's Website]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3107,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ivan Lewis MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/ivan_lewis/bury_south TheyWorkForYou.com - Ivan Lewis MP]
* [http://www.burysouthlabour.org.uk/html/ivan_lewis_mp.html Constituency web site - Your Labour MP: Ivan Lewis]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/109.stm BBC Politics]
* [http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/article22813.ece The Sun Newspaper website]Persondata
NAME= Lewis, Ivan
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Britishpolitician ,Member of Parliament
DATE OF BIRTH= 1967-03-04
PLACE OF BIRTH=Prestwich ,Bury
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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