Ian Christopher Austin (born 6 March 1965) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley North from the 2005 general election until 2019.
Formerly a member of the Labour Party, he resigned from the party on 22 February 2019 to sit as an independent.
He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2009 to 2010.