Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bassam of Brighton
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The Right Honourable The Lord Bassam of Brighton PC
	Official portrait, 2018
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 November 1997; Life Peerage
Leader	In office; 11 May 2010 – 24 January 2018
Former offices 1999-2018
Opposition Chief Whip of the House of Lords
	In office; 11 May 2010 – 24 January 2018
Leader	Harman (Acting), Miliband, Corbyn
Preceded by	The Baroness Anelay of St John's
Succeeded by	The Lord McAvoy
Chief Whip of the House of Lords; Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
	In office; 3 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Succeeded by	The Baroness Anelay of St John's
Lord-in-waiting; Government Whip
	In office; 7 June 2001 – 5 October 2008
Prime Minister	Blair, Brown
Preceded by	The Baroness Amos
Succeeded by	The Lord Tunnicliffe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
	In office; 29 July 1999 – 7 June 2001
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Kate Hoey
Succeeded by	Beverley Hughes
Personal details
Born	John Steven Bassam; 11 June 1953; Hull, England, UK
Political party	Labour and Co-operative
Alma mater	University of Sussex; University of Kent

John Steven Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton (born 11 June 1953) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and a member of the House of Lords.