Ian Pearson

Ian Pearson
Pearson in 2007
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office 5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Kitty Ussher
Succeeded by	Justine Greening
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Economics and Business
In office 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Gareth Thomas
Succeeded by	Pat McFadden
Minister of State for Science and Innovation
In office 28 June 2007 – 5 October 2008
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Malcolm Wicks
Succeeded by	The Lord Drayson
Minister of State for Climate Change and the Environment
In office 8 May 2006 – 28 June 2007
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Elliot Morley
Succeeded by	Phil Woolas
Minister of State for Trade
In office 11 May 2005 – 8 May 2006
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Douglas Alexander
Succeeded by	Ian McCartney
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	David Clelland (2001)
Succeeded by	Jim Murphy
Member of Parliament for Dudley South Dudley West (1994–1997)
In office 15 December 1994 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	John Blackburn
Succeeded by	Chris Kelly
Personal details
Born	Ian Phares Pearson (1959-04-05) 5 April 1959 (age 65) Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Warwick, Balliol College, Oxford

Ian Phares Pearson (born 5 April 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who was a member of parliament (MP) from 1994 until 2010, representing Dudley West from 1994 until 1997, and then Dudley South from 1997 until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election. He served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2010.