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Gavin Steel Strang

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Gavin Strang

Born: 10 July 1943

Member of Privy Council - 1997

Education

Morrison's Academy

Edinburgh University

Churchill College, Cambridge

Doctor

Agricultural Scientist

Appointments

Under Secretary of State for Energy	February 1974	October 1974
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	October 1974	May 1979
Minister of State for Transport	3 May 1997	27 July 1998

Elections fought

18 June 1970		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	22,171	51.87
28 February 1974		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	20,163	43.66
10 October 1974		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	19,669	44.92
3 May 1979		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	23,477	53.69
9 June 1983		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	16,169	44.89
11 June 1987		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	18,257	50.37
9 April 1992		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	15,446	45.75
1 May 1997		Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour Party	22,564	53.57
7 June 2001		Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour Party	18,124	52.60
5 May 2005		Edinburgh East	Labour Party	15,899	40.04