WRIGHT, Iain

Member for Hartlepool since 2004 by-election. Committees: Member, House of Commons Finance and Services Committee since 2010; Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons 2006-08; Chair, Associate Parliamentary Group on Business, Finance and Accountancy; Chair, Labour Friends of Israel 2005-06. Political career: Shadow Minister for Education since 2010; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships) 2009-10; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government 2007-09; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rosie Winterton as Minister of State, Department of Health 2005-06. Special political interests: Crime, regeneration and economics. Profession/Trade: Accountant, regional development agency. Education: University College, London; Manor Comprehensive School, Hartlepool; Hobbies: Watching Hartlepool FC. b. 9 May 1972, Hartlepool. Married with four children.