Chris Mullin (politician)

Chris Mullin
Mullin in 2009
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
13 June 2003 – 10 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byMike O'Brien
Succeeded byThe Lord Triesman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development
In office
26 January 2001 – 11 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byGeorge Foulkes
Succeeded byHilary Benn
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
In office
29 July 1999 – 25 January 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byAlan Meale
Succeeded byBob Ainsworth
Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee
In office
18 July 2001 – 15 July 2003
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byRobin Corbett
Succeeded byJohn Denham
In office
17 July 1997 – 18 October 1999
Preceded byIvan Lawrence
Succeeded byRobin Corbett
Member of Parliament
for Sunderland South
In office
12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byGordon Bagier
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1947-12-12) 12 December 1947 (age 76)
Chelmsford, Essex, England
Political partyLabour
SpouseNgoc Mullin
Children2
ResidenceNorthumberland
Alma materUniversity of Hull
OccupationPolitician and author
ProfessionJournalist
Websitechrismullinexmp.com

Christopher John Mullin (born 12 December 1947)[1] is a British journalist, author and Labour politician.

As a journalist in the 1980s, Chris Mullin led a campaign that resulted in the release of the Birmingham Six, victims of a miscarriage of justice. In March 2022, a court case settled that Mullin would not need to release any notes relating to who may have planted the two bombs. Mullin is the author of four novels, including A Very British Coup (1982), which was later adapted for television, and its sequel The Friends of Harry Perkins. Mullin is also a celebrated diarist.

Mullin was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland South from 1987 until 2010. In Parliament, he served as Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee and as a Minister in the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and in the Department for International Development.

  1. ^ "Chris Mullin – Political Profile". BBC News Online. 16 October 2002. Archived from the original on 13 March 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2020.