Brian Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney
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The Right Honourable The Lord Mawhinney PC |
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| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 11 June 1997 – 11 April 1998 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Michael Howard |
| Succeeded by | Norman Fowler |
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 5 July 1995 – 11 June 1997 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Hanley |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Parkinson |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
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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 | Peter Mandelson |
| Secretary of State for Transport | |
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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 | George Young |
| Minister of State for Health | |
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In office 14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Virginia Bottomley |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Malone |
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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 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Shailesh Vara |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 July 1940 Belfast, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
Queen's University Belfast University College London |
| Religion | Christianity |
Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, PC (born 26 July 1940) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 until 1997 and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 until 2005.
Mawhinney was born in 1940 in Belfast and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He studied physics at Queen's University of Belfast, gaining an upper second class degree in 1963 and obtained a Ph.D. in radiation physics at the Royal Free Hospital in London in 1969 with thesis title Studies on the effects of radiation on mammalian bone grown in vitro. 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.
Mawhinney contested in October 1974 but lost to Labour incumbent, Bill Rodgers. Mawhinney served as Member of Parliament for Peterborough from 1979-97 and Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2005. Mawhinney campaigned prolifically against pornography. In 1979 one of his bills was in the Private Members’ Bills ballot, which attempted to ban indecent displays outside cinemas, sex shops and strip clubs. In early 1980, he called for Keith Joseph to launch an inquiry into a page on the Post Office’s Prestel viewdata service, called "A Buyer's Guide to Dirty Books".
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