Gavin Strang

The Right Honourable
Gavin Strang
Strang in 1997
Minister of State for Transport
In office
2 May 1997 – 18 June 1998
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byJohn Watts
Succeeded byJohn Reid
Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
5 November 1992 – 2 May 1997
LeaderJohn Smith
Tony Blair
Preceded byRon Davies
Succeeded byDouglas Hogg
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
18 October 1974 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded byEdward Bishop
Succeeded byJerry Wiggin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy
In office
7 March 1974 – 18 October 1974
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPeter Emery
Succeeded byAlex Eadie
Member of Parliament
for Edinburgh East
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (1997–2005)
In office
18 June 1970 – 12 April 2010
Preceded byGeorge Willis
Succeeded bySheila Gilmore
Personal details
Born
Gavin Steel Strang

(1943-07-10) 10 July 1943 (age 81)
Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Churchill College, Cambridge

Gavin Steel Strang (born 10 July 1943) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh East from 1970 until 2010 (including two terms for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh).[1][2] He served as a 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 longest-serving Scottish MP.

  1. ^ "Dr Gavin Strang". Hansard. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary career for Dr Gavin Strang - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.