Ivan Lewis | |
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 7 October 2013 – 13 September 2015 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Vernon Coaker |
| Succeeded by | Vernon Coaker |
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | |
| In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Harriet Harman |
| Succeeded by | Jim Murphy |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
| In office 8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Ben Bradshaw |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Harman |
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Bill Rammell |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Howell of Guildford |
| Minister of State for International Development | |
| In office 5 October 2008 – 8 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Gillian Merron |
| Succeeded by | Michael Foster |
| Minister of State for Care Services | |
| In office 15 May 2006 – 3 October 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | The Lord Warner |
| Succeeded by | Phil Hope |
| Member of Parliament for Bury South | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | David Sumberg |
| Succeeded by | Christian Wakeford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1967 Prestwich, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour (Before 2018; suspended 2017-2018) Independent (2018–present) |
| Spouse | Juliette Fox (1990–2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Bury College |
Ivan Lewis (born 4 March 1967) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury South from 1997 to 2019, initially as a member of the Labour Party then as an independent from 2017.
After serving in various ministerial positions, including Foreign Affairs, International Development, Education and Health under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 2001 to 2010, Lewis was Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport until October 2011, when he was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for International Development. In the October 2013 Shadow Cabinet reshuffle, he became Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. After Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader in September 2015, Lewis was dismissed from the shadow cabinet.
Lewis was suspended from the Labour Party in November 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations.[1] He resigned from the Labour Party in December 2018, citing his concerns about antisemitism in the party and the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.[2][3][4] Lewis sat as an independent MP until the 2019 General Election, when he stood as an independent candidate in Bury South. During the campaign Lewis urged voters to support the Conservatives rather than himself when it became clear his candidature could allow Labour to win and inadvertently boost Corbyn's chances of becoming prime minister.
- ^ "MP Ivan Lewis suspended by Labour". BBC News. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Liphshiz, Cnaan. "Jewish Labour MP Ivan Lewis quits over party's anti-Semitism record". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Labour MP resigns and lashes out at Jeremy Corbyn over anti-Semitism". London Evening Standard. 20 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "MP Ivan Lewis Quits Labour Party Over Jeremy Corbyn's Handling Of Anti-Semitism Allegations". HuffPost. 20 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.