Gavin Strang
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The Right Honourable Dr Gavin Steel Strang (born July 10, 1943) is a Scottish politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Edinburgh East. Between 1997 and 2005 this constituency didn't exist, and was mostly replaced by Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, Strang held this seat during this time.
He has been an MP since the 1970 election, and was a minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. He was Minister for Transport from 1997, and sat at meetings of the Cabinet, but was sacked in 1998.
Since becoming a backbencher, he has been active against the government, campaigning against the privatisation of NATS.
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