David Hanson (politician)

The Right Honourable Sir
David Hanson
The Right Honourable Sir David Hanson
	Official portrait, 2017
Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing
	In office; 8 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Vernon Coaker
Succeeded by	Nick Herbert
Minister of State for Justice
	In office; 9 May 2007 – 9 June 2009
Prime Minister	Tony Blair; Gordon Brown;
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Maria Eagle
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
	In office; 11 May 2005 – 8 May 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	John Spellar
Succeeded by	Paul Goggins
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
	In office; 29 Jul 1999 – 7 Jun 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Peter Hain; Jon Owen Jones;
Succeeded by	Don Touhig
Leader
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Minister for Immigration
	In office; 7 October 2011 – 13 September 2015
Leader	Ed Miliband; Harriet Harman;
Preceded by	Gerry Sutcliffe
Succeeded by	Keir Starmer
Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2011
Leader	Harriet Harman; Ed Miliband;
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Cathy Jamieson
Member of Parliament ; for Delyn
	In office; 9 April 1992 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by	Keith Raffan
Succeeded by	Rob Roberts
Personal details
Born	5 July 1957 (age 67); Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Margaret Hanson
Children	Thomas, Amy, Alys and Katy
Residence(s)	Flint, Wales
Alma mater	University of Hull
Website	www.davidhanson.org.uk

Sir David George Hanson (born 5 July 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments, serving in the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Wales Office, Northern Ireland Office and Whips' Office. Hanson sat on Ed Miliband's opposition front bench as a Shadow Treasury Minister, and later the Shadow Immigration Minister.