The Rt Hon Ian McCartney
Minister of State for Trade
In office May 5, 2006 – 29 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Ian Pearson
Succeeded by	Lord Jones of Birmingham
Minister without Portfolio
In office 4 April 2003 – May 5, 2006
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Reid
Succeeded by	Hazel Blears
Member of Parliament for Makerfield
Incumbent
Assumed office  11 June 1987
Preceded by	Michael McGuire
Majority	17,750 (50.9%)
Born	25 April 1951 (1951-04-25) (age 57) Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Labour
Website	www.ianmccartney.com

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Early Life

He was born in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, the son of Labour MP Hugh McCartney and trade unionist Margaret. He was the leader of a paper-boys' strike at the age of fifteen, and had a number of jobs after leaving school including working as a seaman and a local Government manual worker. He was a councillor for Wigan Borough 1982-1987. Lennoxtown is a town in Scotland, at the foot of the Campsie Hills, just to the south. ... East Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ... Hugh McCartney (January 3, 1920–March 1, 2006) was a Scottish Labour politician. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a Metropolitan Borough of Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. ...

Parliamentary Career

Ian McCartney became the MP for Makerfield following the 1987 general election. He was one of the founders of the All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group the same year, and was its first chairman. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Makerfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Margaret Thatcher David Steel Election 1987 Titles The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. ...

McCartney held a number of positions in during Labour's period in Opposition, and was variously a spokesperson on Health, Employment, Education and Social Services. In 1994 he ran John Prescott's successful campaign to become Deputy Leader. Deputy Leader in the Westminster system is the second-in-command of a political party, behind the party leader. ...

McCartney is one of the shortest MPs, at just five feet and one inch tall. He describes himself on his parliamentary notepaper as the 'Socialist MP for Makerfield.'

Ministerial Career

McCartney was made Minister of State at the Department of Trade and Industry following the 1997 general election when Labour came to power. While at the DTI he introduced a major package of new employment rights which including the first ever right to paid holidays, whistleblowing protection and the National Minimum Wage, and steered the Competition Act through Parliament. During this time he was also responsible for employment relations, the Post Office, Company Law and inward investment. The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A Boeing employee speaks at an industrial relations rally The field of labor relations looks at the relationship between management and workers, particularly groups of workers represented by a labor union. ...

In 1999 he was moved to Minister of State at the Cabinet Office where he was responsible for modernising Government and E-Government. In 2001 he became Minister of State for Pensions at the Department for Work and Pensions, and he was promoted to Cabinet as Minister Without Portfolio and Party Chair in April 2003. Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... The Cabinet Office is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet in progressing matters that require coordination across Government departments. ... The Department for Work and Pensions is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. ...

From October 2004 to October 2005, he was Chairman of the Labour Party in two capacities - as the Party Chair (appointed by the party's leader) with a seat in the Cabinet, and as the Chair of the National Executive Committee (elected by the members of the NEC). He was also chair of the party's National Policy Forum, which formulates Labour Party policy. The NPF also oversaw the 'Big Conversation' project, which saw the Labour Government try to consult the general public on the future direction of party and government policy. The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the UK Labour Party. ... The National Policy Forum (NPF) of the British Labour Party is part of the policy-making system of the Party, set up by Leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power process. ...

Trusted by both leadership and membership, he was seen as a key link between the Government and the wider Labour movement. He has worked to make the role of Party Chair a voice for Labour Party members within the Labour Government. Architect of the Warwick Agreement by Labour's National Policy Forum, he was a key figure in co-ordinating the election manifesto for Labour's third term General Election campaign. The Warwick Agreement is the name of a document agreed in July 2004 to the 2005 General Election between many of Britains main trade unions and the Labour Party, which helped form Labours 2005 election manifesto. ...

In 2006 he took a leave of absence following heart surgery, and publicly told of his fight to lose weight for the sake of his health. His return to frontline politics was marked by his speech to the Labour Party 2006 Spring Conference in Blackpool in which he shed a tear while celebrating 100 years of the Parliamentary Labour Party. He returned to government as Minister of State for Trade in May 2006, attending Cabinet but not voting at it, but stepped down in 2007 when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister. The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) consists of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective body. ... The Minister of State for Trade is an executive position in the Government of the United Kingdom, in both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Trade and Industry Although only a junior Minister of State position, when Douglas Alexander became Minister of State for Trade in September... For others with the same or similar names, see Gordon Brown (disambiguation). ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ...

McCartney currently earns £115,000 from a role with the Texas based nuclear power company Fluor Corp to "provide advice in anticorruption and business ethics policies, regulatory issues and outside relations including trade unions." This has led McCartney to be accused of being part of the "cash for access" culture, given his former ministerial position.^[1] For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... This article is about applications of nuclear fission reactors as power sources. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...

References

1. ^ Cash-for-access row as former Labour minister Ian McCartney entertains nuclear boss in Commons

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ian McCartney MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Ian McCartney MP
• The Public Whip - Ian McCartney voting record