Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton

The Right Honourable The Lord Bassam of Brighton PC
Official portrait, 2018
Shadow Spokesman for Sport, International Trade, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 April 2020
Leader	Keir Starmer
Shadow Spokesman for Further and Higher Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 March 2019
Former offices 1999-2018 Leader Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords In office 11 May 2010 – 24 January 2018 Leader Harman (Acting), Miliband, Corbyn Preceded by The Baroness Anelay of St John's Succeeded by The Lord McAvoy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms In office 3 October 2008 – 11 May 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Succeeded by The Baroness Anelay of St John's Lord-in-waiting Government Whip In office 7 June 2001 – 5 October 2008 Prime Minister Blair, Brown Preceded by The Baroness Amos Succeeded by The Lord Tunnicliffe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs In office 29 July 1999 – 7 June 2001 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Kate Hoey Succeeded by Beverley Hughes
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 November 1997 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	John Steven Bassam (1953-06-11) 11 June 1953 (age 71) Great Bentley, England, UK
Political party	Labour and Co-operative
Alma mater	University of Sussex University of Kent

John Steven Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, PC (born 11 June 1953) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and a member of the House of Lords.