| The Right Honourable The Lord Mawhinney of Peterborough PC |
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| In office 11 June 1997 – 11 April 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
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| Preceded by | Jack Straw |
| Succeeded by | Norman Fowler |
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| In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Hanley |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Parkinson |
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| In office 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | John MacGregor |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Young, 6th Baronet |
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Member of Parliament
for Peterborough |
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| In office 3 May 1979 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Ward |
| Succeeded by | Helen Clark |
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Member of Parliament
for North West Cambridgeshire |
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| In office 2 May 1997 – 6 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Shailesh Vara |
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| Born | 26 July 1940 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney of Peterborough PC (born 26 July 1940)[1] is a British Conservative politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 until 1997 and a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 2005.
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Early life
Mawhinney was born in 1940 in Belfast and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.[2] He studied physics at Queen's University of Belfast,[2] gaining an upper second class degree in 1963 and obtained a Ph.D. in radiation physics at the Royal Free Hospital in London.[2] He worked as assistant professor of radiation research at the University of Iowa from 1968–70 and then returned to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine as a lecturer from 1970–84.[2]
Political career
Mawhinney was Member of Parliament for Peterborough from 1979 to 1997 and Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2005.[3] He was PPS to John Wakeham from 1982 to 1983 and PPS to Tom King from 1984 to 1986.[2] He became a junior minister at the Northern Ireland Office in 1986,[1] and then became Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office in 1990.[2] In 1992, he became Minister of State at the Department of Health until 1994 when he entered the cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport.[2] He served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio for two years from 1995 until the 1997 election.[1] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the dissolution honours list in 1997. He served as Shadow Home Secretary and spokesman for home, constitutional and legal affairs for a year under William Hague before returning to the back benches in June 1998.[1] He stepped down from the House of Commons in May 2005.[4][5] On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer,[6] and on 24 June he was created Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough, in the County of Cambridgeshire.[7]
Outside politics
In 2003, he was appointed Chairman of The Football League,[8] and in 2004 oversaw a re-organisation of the league structure, renaming the former Division One as the Football League Championship. Deeply religious, Mawhinney is a leading member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship and was a member of the General Synod for five years.[1]
See also
- List of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Lords
- List of Northern Ireland members of the Privy Council
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sir Brian Mawhinney". BBC News. 2002-10-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2061231.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mawhinney, Brian". Guardian Media Group. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/parliament/0,,-3433,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ "…with 27 new working peers…". Telegraph Media Group. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/14/nlords114.xml. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ "Mawhinney to leave Parliament". BBC News. 30 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3152112.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ "End of Commons road for four MPs". BBC News. 2005-04-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4430979.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Full list of new life peers". BBC News. 2005-05-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4544507.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Life baronies". The Times. 2005-08-06. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/the_hitch/article552069.ece. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Mawhinney handed top post". BBC Sport. 2002-12-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2587671.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Michael Ward |
Member of Parliament for Peterborough 1979 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Helen Clark |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire 1997 – 2005 |
Succeeded by Shailesh Vara |
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| Preceded by John MacGregor |
Secretary of State for Transport 1994 - 1995 |
Succeeded by George Young |
| Preceded by Jack Straw |
Shadow Home Secretary 1997 - 1998 |
Succeeded by Norman Fowler |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Jeremy Hanley |
Chairman of the Conservative Party 1995 - 1997 |
Succeeded by Cecil Parkinson |
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