Christopher (Chris) John Lennie (born 22 February 1953) is a British politician and life peer who served as Deputy General Secretary of the Labour Party from 2001 to 2012.

Lennie was regional director of the Labour Party in Northern England, and appointed Assistant General Secretary of the national party after the 2001 general election.

He was shortlisted alongside Iain McNicol, then GMB Political Officer, to become General Secretary of the Labour Party in 2011.

Despite reportedly being party leader's Ed Miliband's favoured candidate,[4] Labour's NEC selected McNicol in a move seen as a departure from the New Labour era.

[6] He joined the opposition front bench as a whip in October 2016, and became a Shadow Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade in May 2021.