Ivan Lewis

Ivan Lewis
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
7 October 2013 – 13 September 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Harriet Harman (Acting)
Preceded byVernon Coaker
Succeeded byVernon Coaker
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
In office
7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byHarriet Harman
Succeeded byJim Murphy
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office
8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byBen Bradshaw
Succeeded byHarriet Harman
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byBill Rammell
Succeeded byThe Lord Howell of Guildford
Minister of State for International Development
In office
5 October 2008 – 8 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byGillian Merron
Succeeded byMichael Foster
Minister of State for Care Services
In office
15 May 2006 – 3 October 2008
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byThe Lord Warner
Succeeded byPhil Hope
Member of Parliament
for Bury South
In office
1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019
Preceded byDavid Sumberg
Succeeded byChristian Wakeford
Personal details
Born (1967-03-04) 4 March 1967 (age 57)
Prestwich, England, UK
Political partyLabour (Before 2018; suspended 2017-2018)
Independent (2018–present)
SpouseJuliette Fox (1990–2006)
Children2
Alma materBury 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.

  1. ^ "MP Ivan Lewis suspended by Labour". BBC News. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.