Ivan Lewis

Ivan Lewis (born 4 March 1967) is a British politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury South since 1997. After serving in various ministerial positions 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, but did not retain the post in the reshuffle after Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader on 13 September 2015. He was suspended from the Labour Party in November 2017 in response to an allegation of sexual harassment. He subsequently resigned from the Labour Party in December 2018 citing his concerns about antisemitism in the party and the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and consequently now sits as an independent.