Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie
| The Lord Watson of Invergowrie | |
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart |
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In office 6 May 1999 – 22 September 2005 |
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| Preceded by | New Parliament |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Gordon |
| Member of the UK Parliament for Glasgow Central |
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In office 15 June 1989 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Bob McTaggart |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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1 May 1949 Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Michael Goodall Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie (born 1 May 1949), known as Mike Watson, is a British Labour Party politician. He has sat in three legislatures in the United Kingdom and served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport in the Scottish Executive Cabinet.
Watson was expelled from his party on 22 September 2005 following his conviction and imprisonment for fire-raising at Prestonfield House, but was re-admitted to the Labour party in July 2012. He currently sits as a Labour member of the House of Lords and is an Associate Director of the Edinburgh public affairs and communications company Caledonia Consulting.
On 18 September 2015 the new Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn appointed Watson as education spokesman in the House of Lords.
Watson was born in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, but his family moved to Invergowrie, Perth and Kinross when he was very young. He was educated at Invergowrie Primary School, the High School of Dundee and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, graduating with a B.A. Hons in Economics and Industrial Relations in 1974.
Prior to entering politics Watson worked as a tutor/organiser for the Workers' Educational Association and in the trade union movement, for the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) and the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union (MSF).
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