Joe Irvin

Joseph David Irvin OBE is the Chief Executive of Living Streets the UK charity that campaigns for pedestrians.[1] He was formerly CEO of the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action.[2]

He was previously a British Labour Party politician who was a political advisor to Gordon Brown during his term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[3] He has in the past worked as special advisor to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, as well as for the Transport and General Workers' Union,[4] BAA[5] and the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).[6]

Irvin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to active travel and charities.[7]

Personal life

He is married to Diana Holland, Assistant General Secretary of Unite trade union and Treasurer of the Labour Party.

References
  1. Living Streets Announces Joe Irvin as its new CEO, Charity Times, 21 July 2014
  2. Guardian Voluntary Sector network
  3. Gordon Brown's biggest influences: 40-31, Daily Telegraph, 12 Feb 2008
  4. Labour to pick Chris Lennie as new general secretary, New Statesman, 27 June 2011
  5. Deedes, Henry (2007-04-25). "Tories try to rubbish Gordon's next bag man". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N12.


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