Jimmy Hood | |
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Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee | |
In office 17 November 1998 – 18 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Committee established |
Succeeded by | Michael Connarty |
Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East Clydesdale (1987–2005) | |
In office 11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015 | |
Preceded by | Judith Hart |
Succeeded by | Angela Crawley |
Personal details | |
Born | Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | 16 May 1948
Died | 3 December 2017 | (aged 69)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Marion McCleary |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
James Hood (16 May 1948 – 3 December 2017) was a Scottish Labour Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1987 until being defeated in 2015. He represented the Clydesdale constituency until 2005, and the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency thereafter. Hood, a National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) trade union official during the miners' strike of 1984–85, remained a backbencher throughout his parliamentary career.