Gavin Strang
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The Right Honourable Gavin Strang |
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| Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 18 June 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John Reid |
| Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 21 October 1993 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Leader |
John Smith Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Ron Davies |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Hogg |
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Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (1997-2005) |
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In office 19 June 1970 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | George Willis |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Gilmore |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 July 1943 Crieff, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
University of Edinburgh Churchill College, Cambridge |
Gavin Steel Strang (born 10 July 1943) is a Scottish politician who served in the House of Commons for forty years (1970–2010), representing Edinburgh East for Labour. He served as a minister in the 1974–79 government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan as well as in the Cabinet under Tony Blair. By the time of his retirement he was the longest-serving incumbent Scottish MP.
He was a farmer's son and grew up in Perthshire. He went to Morrison's Academy in Crieff. At the University of Edinburgh, he gained a BSc in Genetics in 1964. At Churchill College, Cambridge, he gained a Diploma in Agricultural Science (DipAgriSci). From the University of Edinburgh he gained a PhD in Agricultural Science. from 1966–68. He was a member of the Tayside Economic Planning Consultative Group. He was a scientist at the Agricultural and Food Research Council and Animal Breeding Research Organisation in Edinburgh from 1968–70.
In 1970, Labour MP George Willis, who had represented Edinburgh East since 1954, retired. Strang won Labour's endorsement and was elected to Parliament. Although Edinburgh was a Conservative stronghold in the 1970s and 1980s, Strang's seat was a Labour safe seat. He was first elected in 1970, and was re-elected in February 1974, October 1974, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2005. From 1997 to 2005 his seat was named Edinburgh East & Musselburgh
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