Jimmy Hood
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Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East (2005–2015) Clydesdale (1987–2005) |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Judith Hart |
| Succeeded by | Angela Crawley |
| Majority | 13,478 (29%) |
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16 May 1948 Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Marion McCleary |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
James Hood (born 16 May 1948) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark and Hamilton East since the constituency's creation in 2005 until 2015. He was first elected to the Westminster parliament in 1987, as MP for Clydesdale. Hood, a former National Union of Mineworkers trade union official during the miners' strikes of the 1980s, remained a backbencher throughout his parliamentary career.
Jimmy Hood was born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire and was educated at the Lesmahagow Higher Grade School in Lesmahagow, Coatbridge College, Motherwell Technical College and University of Nottingham.
He worked with the NCB for 23 years, as a mining engineer from 1964, the year he joined the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) until 1987. He started his career with the NCB in the Lanarkshire Coalfield, at Auchlochan Colliery, moving to Nottinghamshire on the closure of the Lanarkshire coalfield in the summer of 1968 and became a NUM trade union official in 1973. During the Miners' Strike of 1984–5 he led the striking Nottinghamshire miners.
From 1973–87 he was on Ollerton Parish Council. In 1979 he was elected as a councillor to the Newark and Sherwood District Council and served until his election to Westminster.
He was elected to the House of Commons for Clydesdale at the 1987 general election following the retirement of the veteran sitting Labour MP Judith Hart. Hood held the seat with a majority of 10,502. His Clydesdale based seat was abolished as part of boundary changes directly before the 2005 general election. Hood then stood for the newly created seat and was elected as MP for Lanark and Hamilton East until the 2015 general election. He represented the seat of Lanark and Hamilton East, until his defeat at that election to the Scottish National Party's Angela Crawley..
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