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Ian Swales Biography
Ian Cameron Swales (born 5 April 1953) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Redcar in England. Swales took Redcar from Labour incumbent Vera Baird for the Liberal Democrats in the 2010 general election, with a 21.8% swing. Swales added over 10,000 votes to his 2005 general election total. This was the biggest swing against any Labour candidate in the election and also the biggest gain by any Liberal Democrat. He stood down at the 2015 general election.
Ian Swales is the son of Harry Swales and Elizabeth Adamson Doig. Through his mother he is a 1st cousin (1R) of Peter Doig, Labour MP for Dundee West 1963/1979. He was born in Leeds and grew up in Harrogate where he was educated at Ashville College, Harrogate Following a chemical engineering degree at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, where he met his wife, Pat, a Durham miner’s daughter, he joined Yorkshire Electricity and qualified as an accountant in 1977. He moved to Teesside in 1978 to join ICI and settled in Redcar.
Swales joined the SDP when it was founded in 1981 and was a member of the first Cleveland County Committee for the SDP. He contested the 2005 general election in the Redcar Constituency and moved the Liberal Democrats from third to second place with a positive swing against both the Labour and Conservative parties.
Shortly after the 2010 election, Swales became an active member of the Public Accounts Committee, which sits twice a week and scrutinises all public expenditure. In June 2014 Swales resigned from the Committee citing frontbench commitments.
In 2010, Swales achieved the biggest swing against Labour in the entire country in winning the Redcar seat. He made his maiden speech in Parliament on 7 June 2010.
In July 2014, Swales announced that he was standing down as an MP at the 2015 general election, for “personal reasons”.
During his time in Parliament, Swales was an active member of many All Party Parliamentary Groups including Chair of the APPG for the Chemical Industry and Vice-Chair of the APPG for Steel and Energy Intensive Industries. In May 2014 Swales was appointed to the taskforce group for electrification of rail in the north by the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, MP.
Following his retirement from Parliament Swales continued to participate in local industry issues. In August 2015 he joined the Board and became Chair of the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC), the body that represents companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical, polymer, renewable energy and materials, steel and biotechnology process industries in North-East England.
In January 2015, Swales was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to Vince Cable, MP, who at the time was Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
What's Ian Swales Net Worth 2024
| Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
| Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Ian Swales Family
| Father's Name | Not Available |
| Mother's Name | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Available |
| Childrens | Not Available |
