Chris Mullin | |
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![]() Mullin in 2009 | |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
In office 13 June 2003 – 10 May 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Mike O'Brien |
Succeeded by | The Lord Triesman |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development | |
In office 26 January 2001 – 11 June 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | George Foulkes |
Succeeded by | Hilary Benn |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions | |
In office 29 July 1999 – 25 January 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Alan Meale |
Succeeded by | Bob Ainsworth |
Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee | |
In office 18 July 2001 – 15 July 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Robin Corbett |
Succeeded by | John Denham |
In office 17 July 1997 – 18 October 1999 | |
Preceded by | Ivan Lawrence |
Succeeded by | Robin Corbett |
Member of Parliament for Sunderland South | |
In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 | |
Preceded by | Gordon Bagier |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Chelmsford, Essex, England | 12 December 1947
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Ngoc Mullin |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Northumberland |
Alma mater | University of Hull |
Occupation | Politician and author |
Profession | Journalist |
Website | chrismullinexmp |
Christopher John Mullin (born 12 December 1947)[1] is a British journalist, author and Labour politician.
As a journalist in the 1980s, Chris Mullin led a campaign that resulted in the release of the Birmingham Six, victims of a miscarriage of justice. In March 2022, a court case settled that Mullin would not need to release any notes relating to who may have planted the two bombs. Mullin is the author of four novels, including A Very British Coup (1982), which was later adapted for television, and its sequel The Friends of Harry Perkins. Mullin is also a celebrated diarist.
Mullin was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland South from 1987 until 2010. In Parliament, he served as Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee and as a Minister in the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and in the Department for International Development.
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