David Hanson

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David Hanson, MP for Delyn

David Hanson is the UK Labour Party MP for Delyn. [1] Hanson has served the constituency of Delyn since 1992. [1]

He was a minister holding various briefs in the last Labour government, and a parliamentary private secretary to former prime minister Tony Blair.

In the 2015 general election, Hanson retained his seat with a majority of 2,930. [2]

He was appointed to the Justice Select Committee in November 2015. [3]

Previous parliamentary roles

  • 2011 : shadow policing minister
  • 2010 : shadow exchequer secretary
  • 2010 : shadow minister at the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and The Treasury
  • 2009 : policing and security minister at the home office
  • 2007 : minister of state at the ministry of justice
  • 2005-2007 : minister of state for Northern Ireland
  • 2001-2005 : parliamentary private secretary to Tony Blair
  • 1999-2001 : parliamentary under-secretary of state for Wales
  • 1998-1999 : junior Government whip
  • 1997-1998 : parliamentary private secretary to the chief secretary to the treasury [4]

'Stop migrants reaching Calais'

Hanson currently holds the role of shadow immigration minister. He recently expressed his concern about migrants entering the UK from Calais in France. He stated that the French authorities there should be doing more to stop migrants heading for the UK. [5]

In November 2014 the BBC reported that Hanson has 'called for Europe-wide action to stop illegal immigrants travelling unimpeded across EU member states.' [6]

Sponsorship from PwC

Between October 2010 and November 2010 Hanson received £11,000.00 in 'ad hoc advice provided to the frontbench Treasury team during the passage of the Finance (No.2) Bill' and from 4 April 2011 and 31 July 2011 he received £55,800.00 in 'ad hoc advice provided to the frontbench Treasury team during the passage of the Finance (No.3) Bill' from big four accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. [7]

Affiliations

Contact

Constituency

  • Address: 64 Chester Street, Flint, CH6 5DH
  • Telephone: 01352 763159
  • Fax: 01352 730140

Parliamentary

  • Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
  • Telephone: 020 7219 5064
  • Fax: 020 7219 2671
  • Email: david.hanson.mp@parliament.uk

Web & Social media

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 David Hanson www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 March 2015
  2. David Hanson Express, accessed 14 May 2015
  3. Dods people, 'Arrivals, moves and departures', Civil Service World, accessed 3 November 2015
  4. About David David Hanson MP, accessed 5 March 2015
  5. Beth Robson Shadow immigration minister David Hanson pledges more border guards if Labour gets into power after Dover visit KentOnline, 2 February 2015, accessed 5 March 2015
  6. Delyn MP David Hanson: Stop migrants reaching Calais BBC News, 2 November 2014, accessed 5 March 2015
  7. Parliament Publications The Register of Members' Financial Interests, accessed 3 June 2015.
  8. China APPG, www.parliament.uk', accessed 23 November 2015