John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert
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The Right Honourable The Lord Gilbert |
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| Minister of State for Defence Procurement | |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 17 May 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | James Arbuthnot |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Symons |
| Minister of State for Defence | |
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In office 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | William Rodgers |
| Succeeded by | Euan Howard |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 12 June 1975 – 10 September 1976 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Fred Mulley |
| Succeeded by | William Rodgers (Secretary of State) |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Terence Higgins |
| Succeeded by | Robert Sheldon |
| Member of Parliament for Dudley East Dudley (1970–1974) |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Donald Williams |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1927 |
| Died | 2 June 2013 (aged 86) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
St John's College, Oxford New York University |
John William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert PC (5 April 1927 – 2 June 2013) was a British Labour politician.
Gilbert's father was a civil servant. Baron Gilbert was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, St John's College, Oxford where he studied philosophy, politics and economics and New York University where he gained a PhD in international economics. He then worked as a chartered accountant in Canada.
He contested the Parliamentary seat of Ludlow in 1966 and a by-election in Dudley in 1968 before being elected for Dudley in 1970 and (after boundary changes) Dudley East in 1974, which he represented until 1997, when it became part of the new Dudley North constituency (which was held by a new Labour MP) and Gilbert retired from the House of Commons.
In the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan he was Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1974–1975), Minister for Transport (1975–1976), and Minister of State for Defence (1976–1979). As Minister for Transport he approved the London M25 orbital motorway project and introduced the Bill to make the wearing of seat belts compulsory. He also served on the House of Commons Defence Committee (1979–1987) and the Trade and Industry Committee (1987–1992).
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