The Lord Wilson of Sedgefield | |
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Member of Parliament for Sedgefield | |
In office 19 July 2007 – 6 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | Tony Blair |
Succeeded by | Paul Howell |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 16 January 2025 Life peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Philip Wilson 31 May 1959 County Durham, England |
Political party | Labour |
Philip Wilson, Baron Wilson of Sedgefield[1] (born 31 May 1959), is a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield[2] in a 2007 by-election that followed the resignation of Tony Blair, former Prime Minister, from Parliament.[3][4] He lost the seat at the 2019 general election to Paul Howell of the Conservative Party.[5]