Frank Dobson

Frank Dobson
Dobson in 2014
Secretary of State for Health
In office
2 May 1997 – 11 October 1999
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byStephen Dorrell
Succeeded byAlan Milburn
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
20 October 1994 – 2 May 1997
LeaderTony Blair
Preceded byChris Smith
Succeeded byJohn Gummer
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In office
21 October 1993 – 20 October 1994
LeaderJohn Smith
Margaret Beckett (Acting)
Tony Blair
Preceded byJohn Prescott
Succeeded byMichael Meacher
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment
In office
18 July 1992 – 21 October 1993
LeaderJohn Smith
Preceded byTony Blair
Succeeded byJohn Prescott
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy
In office
2 November 1989 – 18 July 1992
LeaderNeil Kinnock
Preceded byJohn Prescott
Succeeded byRobin Cook (Trade and Industry)
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office
13 July 1987 – 2 November 1989
LeaderNeil Kinnock
Preceded byPeter Shore
Succeeded byJack Cunningham
Member of Parliament
for Holborn and St. Pancras
Holborn and St Pancras South (1979–1983)
In office
3 May 1979 – 30 March 2015
Preceded byLena Jeger
Succeeded bySir Keir Starmer
Personal details
Born
Frank Gordon Dobson

(1940-03-15)15 March 1940
York, England
Died11 November 2019(2019-11-11) (aged 79)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Janet Mary Alker
(m. 1967)
Children3
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Frank Gordon Dobson (15 March 1940 – 11 November 2019) was a British Labour Party politician. As Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St. Pancras from 1979 to 2015, he served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 to 1999, and was the Labour Party nominee for Mayor of London in 2000, finishing third in the election behind Conservative Steven Norris and the winner, Labour-turned-Independent Ken Livingstone. Dobson stood down from his Parliament seat at the 2015 general election.[1]