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British politician

For the English cricketer, see Ian Austin (cricketer).

Ian Christopher Austin, Baron Austin of Dudley (born 6 March ) is a British politician who sits as a life peer in the House of Lords.

Independent Peer.

Ian Austin has become the ninth MP to quit the Labour party this week, although he told his local newspaper he had no plans to join the Independent Group.

Ian Austin has been the Labour MP for Dudley North since , having previously been a councillor in the town.

Ian Christopher Austin, baron Austin de Dudley (né le 6 mars ) est un homme politique britannique qui siège en tant que pair à vie à la Chambre des.

Exclusive: The parliamentarian tells the JC about his final exchange with his dad, who came to Britain as a refugee from the Nazis.

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley North from the general election until the general election when he stood down. Formerly a member of the Labour Party, he resigned from the party on 22 February to sit as an independent, and was ennobled in the Dissolution Honours.

He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from to

Early life

Austin was born on 6 March ^[1] and was adopted as a baby by Dudley school teachers Fred and Margaret Austin.

His adoptive father, Fred (a CzechJew who was himself adopted by an English family on the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia), was head of The Dudley School from its formation in until his retirement in ^[2] Fred Austin, born Fredi Stil