David George Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint, PC (born 5 July 1957), is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Minister of State for the Home Office since July 2024.

[citation needed] Hanson was elected as a councillor to the Vale Royal Borough Council in 1983, serving as the Labour group and council leader from 1989 until 1991, when he stood down to stand in Delyn at the 1992 general election.

He unsuccessfully contested Eddisbury at the 1983 general election where he was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Alastair Goodlad by 14,846 votes.

He contested Delyn in Wales at the 1987 general election but was defeated by the Tory Keith Raffan by 1,224 votes.

He became the Parliamentary Private Secretary PPS to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Alistair Darling in 1997 and became a member of the Tony Blair government in his first reshuffle in 1998 when he was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip.

[4] He was Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing at the Home Office from 8 June 2009 until the 2010 general election.

"[5] Hanson lost his seat in the 2019 general election to Rob Roberts, the Conservative Party candidate.