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John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert

The Right Honourable
The Lord Gilbert
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office
1 May 1997 – 17 May 1999
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by James Arbuthnot
Succeeded by Elizabeth Symons
Minister of State for Defence
In office
10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister James Callaghan
Preceded by William Rodgers
Succeeded by Euan Howard
Minister of State for Transport
In office
12 June 1975 – 10 September 1976
Prime Minister Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded by Fred Mulley
Succeeded by William Rodgers (Secretary of State)
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
8 March 1974 – 12 June 1975
Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Preceded by Terence Higgins
Succeeded by Robert Sheldon
Member of Parliament
for Dudley East
Dudley (1970–1974)
In office
18 June 1970 – 1 May 1997
Preceded by Donald Williams
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1927-04-05)5 April 1927
Died 2 June 2013(2013-06-02) (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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