Ian Pearson (other)
Ian Pearson (born 1959) is a British politician. Ian Pearson may also refer to: *Ian Pearson (badminton) (born 1974), English badminton player *Ian Pearson (footballer) (born 1934), Australian rules footballer {{hndis, Pearson, Ian ...
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Ian Pearson
Ian Phares Pearson (born 5 April 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who was a member of parliament (MP) from 1994 until 2010, representing Dudley West from 1994 until 1997, and then Dudley South from 1997 until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election. He served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2010. Early life Pearson was educated at Brierley Hill Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford ( BA Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) and the University of Warwick ( MA, PhD). Political career Having unsuccessfully contested Bexhill and Battle in the 1983 general election, Pearson entered parliament for Dudley West in a by-election in December 1994, winning a Conservative seat left vacant by the death of John Blackburn in October of that year. He won the seat with nearly 70% of the votes, with the Conservative candidate receiving less than 20%. Boundary changes created the new constituency of Dudley South in 1997 whic ...
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