Ian Pearson

Ian Pearson
Pearson in 2007
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byKitty Ussher
Succeeded byJustine Greening
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Economics and Business
In office
5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byGareth Thomas
Succeeded byThe Baroness Vadera
Minister of State for Science and Innovation
In office
28 June 2007 – 5 October 2008
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byMalcolm Wicks
Succeeded byThe Lord Drayson
Minister of State for Climate Change and the Environment
In office
8 May 2006 – 28 June 2007
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byElliot Morley
Succeeded byPhil Woolas
Minister of State for Trade
In office
11 May 2005 – 8 May 2006
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byDouglas Alexander
Succeeded byIan McCartney
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byDavid Clelland (2001)
Succeeded byJim Murphy
Member of Parliament
for Dudley South
Dudley West (1994–1997)
In office
15 December 1994 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byJohn Blackburn
Succeeded byChris Kelly
Personal details
Born
Ian Phares Pearson

(1959-04-05) 5 April 1959 (age 65)
Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Warwick, Balliol College, Oxford

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.