What is Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton?
{{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] |name = The Lord Bassam of Brighton |honorific-suffix = [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] |image = Lord Steve Bassam.jpg |caption = Bassam (second from left) learning how to use a defibrillator at an event |office = [[Chief Whip|Opposition Chief Whip]] of the [[House of Lords]] |leader = [[Harriet Harman]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Ed Miliband]]<br>[[Harriet Harman]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br>[[Jeremy Corbyn]] |term_start = 11 May 2010 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's|The Baroness Anelay of St John's]] |successor = |office1 = [[Chief Whip|Government Chief Whip]] of the [[House of Lords]]<br>[[Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms]] |primeminister1 = [[Gordon Brown]] |term_start1 = 3 October 2008 |term_end1 = 11 May 2010 |predecessor1 = [[Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon|The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon]] |successor1 = [[Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's|The Baroness Anelay of St John's]] |birth_name = John Steven Bassam |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|6|11|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Great Bentley]], [[United Kingdom]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Labour Co-operative]] |alma_mater = [[University of Sussex]]<br>[[University of Kent]] }} '''John Steven Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (born 11 June 1953) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[Co-operative Party|Co-operative]] politician and member of the [[House of Lords]]. On 8 July 2009 he was made a Privy Councillor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/word/Draft%20List%208%20July%20.doc |title=Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 8th July 2009 |access-date=11 May 2012 |publisher=Privy Council Office |archive-date=3 November 2010 |a