Ian Mearns

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Ian Mearns
MP
Ian Mearns MP and Robin Hood tax at the G20 (6306042430).jpg
Ian Mearns and Robin Hood tax at the G20
Member of Parliament
for Gateshead
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Majority 14,784 (39.0%)
Personal details
Born (1957-04-21) 21 April 1957 (age 67)
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Nationality British
Political party Labour

James Ian Mearns[1] (born 21 April 1957)[2][3] is a British Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gateshead. He was first elected at the 2010 general election.[4][5]

Early life

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne to a World War II veteran, Mearns was raised Catholic and educated at St Mary's RC Primary School (Forest Hall) and St Mary's RC Technical College (Newcastle).[6] He worked for British Gas plc from 1974. He has been a member of Gateshead Borough Council since 1983.[citation needed]

Parliamentary career

Mearns was elected to Parliament in 2010 with a majority of 12,549, in a Gateshead seat created by boundary changes. Along with fellow new North Eastern MPs Ian Lavery and Grahame Morris, Mearns is perceived to be on the left-wing of the Labour party.[7] He was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.[8]

In Parliament he has served on the Education Select Committee and the Backbench Business Committee in the 2010-2015 Parliament.[9] He was a member of the bill committee for HS2, which he has criticised for treating residents of the north east and other regions not served by the line as "lesser citizens".[10]

In March 2013, Mearns resigned as PPS to Ivan Lewis in order to defy the Labour whip and vote against the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill which retroactively changed DWP rules relating to Workfare in the United Kingdom.[11]

On 19 June 2015, he was elected as the Chairman of the Backbench Business Select Committee.[12]

In September 2015, The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority named him among 26 current and former MPs who failed to settle sums of up to £500 last year in overclaimed expenses, forcing them to be written off. In Mearns' case the amount was £10.[13]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 61230. p. 9118. 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Profile, ukwhoswho.com; accessed 8 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Profile, TheyWorkForYou.com; accessed 8 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Official results from Gateshead Council, gateshead.gov.uk; accessed 8 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Gateshead
2010–present		 Incumbent

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