Ian Lavery Ian Lavery Ian Lavery (born 6 January 1963) is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union leader from Northumberland who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wansbeck since the 2010 general election. Born and raised in Ashington, Lavery began work in the construction industry after leaving school before becoming a mining apprentice. Noted for being the sole apprentice to refuse to work during the miners' strike of 1984-1985, he gradually rose up the ranks of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and was chosen to succeed Arthur Scargill as NUM President in 2002. Once elected to
National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs The National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs (NULSC) is the federation representing Labour Social Clubs in Great Britain, and is a socialist society affiliated to the UK Labour Party. At present a relatively small number of these clubs (approximately 50) affiliate to the NULSC. This is because many were already affiliated to the Working Men's Club and Institute Union (CIU). In recent years many Labour Clubs have disaffiliated from the NULSC because of discontent about how social clubs are perceived. The NULSC is largely based in Lancashire, particularly in Wigan and on