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| '''Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney''' ] (born ] ]) is a British ] politician. He was a member of the ] from 1994 until 1997 and a ] from 1979 until 2005. | |||
| ==Early life== | |||
| Mawhinney, from ], went to school at the ] and studied ] at ], gaining an upper second class degree in ]. He obtained a Ph.D. in ] at the ] in London. A post as assistant professor of radiation research from 1968-70 at the ] in ], ] followed, before returning to the Royal Free as a lecturer. | |||
| ==Member of Parliament== | |||
| He was elected to Parliament in ] from ]. | |||
| ===In government=== | |||
| He was a junior minister in the ] from 1986 to 1992, then became Minister of State at the ] until 1994. He then entered the cabinet as ] until 1995. | |||
| He then became ] and ]. A role which he held until the Conservatives lost the ]. He had led the Conservatives' disastrous campaign in this election, which had culminated in the party having its lowest percentage share of the popular vote in 165 years. The Peterborough constituency had been split by boundary changes and he followed a sizeable portion of his constituents to North West Cambridgeshire, the safer of the new seats. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the ] in 1997. | |||
| ===Shadow Cabinet=== | |||
| He served as Shadow ] for a year under ] before returning to the back benches in June 1998. | |||
| ===Backbenches, retirement and peerage=== | |||
| He stepped down from the House of Commons in May 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=End of Commons road for four MPs |date=]|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/england/4430979.stm|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> On ] ] it was announced that he would be created a ],<ref>{{cite news|title=Full list of new life peers |date=]|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4544507.stm|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> and on ] he was created '''Baron Mawhinney''', of Peterborough, in the County of ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Life baronies |date=]|publisher=The Times| url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/the_hitch/article552069.ece|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> | |||
| ==The Football League== | |||
| In 2003, he was appointed Chairman of ],<ref>{{cite news|title=Mawhinney handed top post|date=]|publisher=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2587671.stm|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> and in 2004 oversaw a re-organisation of the league structure, renaming the former Division One as the Football League Championship. He is highly unpopular amongst fans of ] due to his decision to deduct them 15 points for allegedly breaking Football League competition rules on insolvency.<ref>http://www.waccoe.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=122388</ref> | |||
| ==Personal life== | |||
| Highly religious, Mawhinney is a leading member of the ] and was a member of the ] for five years. | |||
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| ==References== | |||
| *{{cite web|title=Sir Brian Mawhinney | |||
| |date=] 2002|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2061231.stm|accessdate=21 December 2007}} | |||
| *{{cite news|title=Mawhinney to leave Parliament | |||
| |date=] 2003|publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3152112.stm|accessdate=21 December 2007}} | |||
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