Difference between revisions of "Gavin Strang"

Gavin Strang
Gavin Strang ; (politician);
Born	10 July 1943; Crieff, United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh, Churchill College (Cambridge)
Party	Labour
	UK/Minister of State for Transport
In office
	2 May 1997 - 18 June 1998
	Shadow Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
In office
	21 October 1993 - 2 May 1997
	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East
In office
	19 June 1970 - 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Kenneth Baker, George Brown, Gwyneth Dunwoody, Niall MacDermot, Robert Maxwell, David Winnick

Latest revision as of 22:37, 28 February 2024

Gavin Steel Strang is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh East from 1970 until 2010 (including two terms for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh).^[1]^[2] He was minister in the 1974–79 Labour government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, as well as in the Cabinet under Tony Blair. By the time of his retirement at the 2010 general election, he was the Scottish MP who had sat longest in Parliament.

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+'''Gavin Steel Strang''' is a [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician who was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East]] from [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]] until [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] (including two terms for [[Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East and Musselburgh]]).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210517013813/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/dr-gavin-strang/index.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210501005221/https://members.parliament.uk/member/597/career</ref> He was minister in the 1974–79 Labour government under Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]] and [[James Callaghan]], as well as in the Cabinet under [[Tony Blair]]. By the time of his retirement at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], he was the Scottish MP who had sat longest in Parliament.
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