UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Brian Mawhinney

Born: 26 July 1940

Lord Mawhinney - 13 May 2005

Knighted - 2 August 1997

Member of Privy Council - 31 December 1993

Royal Belfast Academical Institution

Queen's University, Belfast

University of Michigan

London University (- 1968)

Doctor

Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	January 1986	November 1990
Minister of State for Northern Ireland	November 1990	11 April 1992
Minister for Health	11 April 1992	20 July 1994
Secretary of State for Transport	20 July 1994	5 July 1995
Minister without Portfolio	5 July 1995	2 May 1997

10 October 1974	Stockton	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,488	31.28
3 May 1979	Peterborough	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,734	48.80
9 June 1983	Peterborough	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,270	47.09
11 June 1987	Peterborough	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,624	49.43
9 April 1992	Peterborough	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,827	48.34
1 May 1997	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,488	48.11
7 June 2001	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,895	49.81