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| name = Iain Wright

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| office = Chairman of the [[Business, InnovationEnergy and SkillsIndustrial Strategy Committee|Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee]]

| term_start = 18 June 2015

| term_end = 12 July 2017

| predecessor = [[Adrian Bailey]]

| successor = [[Rachel Reeves]]

| office1 = [[Department for Children, Schools and Families|Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for 14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships]]

| term_start1 = 9 June 2009

| term_end1 = 11 May 2010

| predecessor1 = [[Sarah McCarthy-Fry]] <small> (as [[Parliamentary Under Secretary of State|PUS]] for Schools and Learners) </small>

| primeminister1 = [[Gordon Brown]]

| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (UKUnited Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)|Hartlepool]]

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| predecessor2 = [[Peter Mandelson]]

| successor2 = [[Mike Hill (British politician)|Mike Hill]]

| term_start2 = 830 September 2004

| term_end2 = 3 May 2017

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|05|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Hartlepool]], [[County Durham]], [[England]]

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| spouse = Tiffiny Wright<ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/110124/part2.htm|title=House of Commons - The Register of Members' Financial Interests - Part 2: Part 2|first=House of|last=Commons|website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref>

| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]

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| alma_mater = [[University College London]]

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'''Iain David Wright''' (born 9 May 1972) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency)|Hartlepool]] from [[2004 Hartlepool by-election, 2004|2004]] to [[2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017]], and served also as the Chairman of Business Innovation and Skills Committee. He was previously [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] with responsibility for apprenticeships, and 14- to 19 reform in the [[Department for Children, Schools and Families]] until 11 May 2010.

In April 2017, he announced that he would not be seeking re- election at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017 snap election of 2017]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Horton|first=Helena|url=httphttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/labour-mps-will-not-standing-2017-general-election/|title=Who are the Labour MPs who will not be standing in the 2017 general election?|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=19 April 2017|accessdateaccess-date=19 April 2017}}</ref> On 12 July 2017, fellow Labour MP [[Rachel Reeves]] succeeded Wright as Chair of the [[Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee|Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee]].<ref>{{cite webnews|url=httphttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/12/the-guardian-view-on-select-committees-chairs-of-power|title=The Guardian view on select committees: chairs of power - Editorial|first=|last=Editorial|date=12 July 2017|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

Wright was born in Hartlepool and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1994, and [[Master of Arts|MA]] in 1995 in History from [[University College London]]. That year, he joined the Labour Party and was elected as an officer of Cleveland and Richmond Young Labour. He worked as a [[Accountancy|chartered accountant]] for [[Deloitte & Touche]] from 1996- to 2003, and for the [[One NorthEast]] RDA from 2003- to 2004, prior to his election to Parliament.

He was the only Hartlepool member on the shortlist when [[Peter Mandelson]] stepped down as Labour MP for the town in September 2004, and was easily selected as the Labour Party candidate for the [[2004 Hartlepool by-election, 2004|by election]].

During the later stages of the campaign, three local members, one of whom featured in [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] leaflets and another of whom had earlier failed to win the nomination, were reported in the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' (which subsequently endorsed [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] rival [[Jody Dunn]]) to have been unhappy that no other local candidate had been available.

The Labour Party dismissed the claims as having come from the "usual suspects". One subsequently apologised, and another was expelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartlepooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1109&ArticleID=1190914|title=Hartlepool Mail|website=www.hartlepooltoday.co.uk}}</ref>

His first act as an MP was to actively campaign for the proposed North East Regional Assembly, in the referendum held in November 2004. The proposal for an assembly was rejected by 78% to 22%.

At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 General Election]], Wright's majority was cut to 3,024 votes by [[UKIP]] candidate Phillip Broughton. On 19 June 2015, he was announced as having been elected to the chairmanship of the Business, Innovation and Skills [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|Select Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/|date=18 June 2015|access-date=19 June 2015|title=Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced|publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref> He supported [[Owen Smith]] in the [[2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mps-nominating-owen-smith-labour-8451186|title=Which MPs are nominating Owen Smith in the Labour leadership contest?|last1=Smith|first1=Mikey|date=20 July 2016|work=Mirror|access-date=10 November 2018|last2=Bloom|first2=Dan}}</ref> On 19 April 2017, he announced his intention not to stand for re- election at the [[2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017|snap election]], scheduled for Thursday 8 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/iain-wright-will-not-stand-for-re-election-as-hartlepool-mp-1-8499816|date=19 April 2017|accessdateaccess-date=19 April 2017|title=Iain Wright will not stand for re-election as Hartlepool MP|publisher=Hartlepool Mail}}</ref>

Wright completed the 2011 [[Great North Run]] in aid of the [[Stroke Association]]. He joined his son Benjamin, 17, on the 13.1 mile[[half runmarathon]]. The pair ran in aid of the Stroke Association, a cause which has been close to their hearts, since Ben suffered a serious stroke in 2006. Wright completed the course in his personal best time of two hours and fifty minutes, with Ben achieving a time of two hours thirty minutes.<ref name=stroke>{{cite web|url=http://www.iainwrightmp.org.uk/categories/3-Iain%20In%20Hartlepool|title=Iain Wright takes on Great North Run for stroke charity|date=8 November 2011|accessdateaccess-date=22 November 2015|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209105425/http://www.iainwrightmp.org.uk/categories/3-Iain%20In%20Hartlepool|archivedatearchive-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>

Wright has also supported ''Whizz-Kidz'', an internationala charity for disabled children.<ref name=stroke/>

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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/304.stm BBC Politics page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202104920/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/304.stm |date=2 December 2008 }}

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