| 词条 | Ian Mearns |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Ian Mearns |honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}} |image = File:Official portrait of Ian Mearns crop 4.jpg |caption = Mearns in June 2017 |office2 = Member of Parliament for Gateshead |term_start2 = 6 May 2010 |term_end2 = |majority2 = 17,350 (41.2%) |predecessor2 = Constituency Established |successor2 = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|04|21}} |birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = British |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 lifeBorn 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 having not passed the 11 plus exam at St Mary's RC Technical school (Newcastle).[6] Political originsIn the 1980s Mearns was a member and Northern Regional Chair of the Labour Party Young Socialists, and a supporter of the Militant Tendency. He ceased being a supporter of the group before becoming a Gateshead Councillor in 1983, serving as a Councillor for the Saltwell ward until 2010. During this period he chaired Gateshead Council's Education Committee and in the Council Cabinet before becoming Deputy Leader of the Council in 2002. Parliamentary careerMearns 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 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 which he subsequently repaid.[13] References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |page=9118}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/84679.stm|title=Democracy Live: Your representatives: Ian Mearns|publisher=BBC|accessdate=20 November 2012}} 3. ^Profile, ukwhoswho.com; accessed 8 May 2015. 4. ^[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/ian_mearns/gateshead Profile], TheyWorkForYou.com; accessed 8 May 2015. 5. ^Official results from Gateshead Council, gateshead.gov.uk; accessed 8 May 2015. 6. ^{{cite news|title=Threat to Royal Regiment of Fusiliers meets united front|url=http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2012/09/10/threat-to-royal-regiment-of-fusiliers-meets-united-front-61634-31800875|work=The Journal|date=10 September 2012}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Owen|title=Yes, there is still life for the left after Tony Benn and Bob Crow|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/14/left-after-tony-benn-bob-crow|accessdate=5 April 2015|work=The Guardian|date=14 March 2014}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Eaton|first1=George|title=The Labour left demand a change of direction – why their intervention matters|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/01/labour-left-demand-change-direction-why-their-intervention-matters|accessdate=5 April 2015|work=New Statesman|date=26 January 2015}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Ian Mearns|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/ian-mearns/4000|website=Parliament UK|accessdate=5 April 2015}} 10. ^{{cite web|last1=Walker-Jou|first1=Jonathan|title=High speed rail will leave North East residents 'lesser citizens', warns MP|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/high-speed-rail-leave-north-7044405|accessdate=5 April 2015}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/mar/24/labour-mps-abstain-welfare-bill |title=Labour 'pressed MPs to abstain on welfare vote' |first1=Shiv |last1=Malik |first2=Hugh |last2=Muir |work=The Guardian |date=24 March 2013}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/june/winning-candidates-for-select-committee-chairs-announced/|date=18 June 2015|accessdate=19 June 2015|title=Winning candidates for select committee Chairs announced|publisher=UK Parliament}} 13. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/10/mp-expenses-ipsa-names-shames-26-mps-who-did-not-respond-to-queries#comment-59188765|title=MPs' expenses: Ipsa 'names and shames' those who ignored repayment requests|author=Rajeev Syal|work=The Guardian|date=10 September 2015|accessdate=20 September 2015}} External links
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