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Gavin Strang

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Date of birth	10 July 1943(age 72)
Place of birth	Crieff, United Kingdom
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh Churchill College, Cambridge
Minister of State for Transport
In office	2 May 1997 - 18 June 1998
Prime minister	Tony Blair
Succeeded by	John Reid
Preceded by	Position established
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East
In office	18 June 1970 - 6 May 2010
Succeeded by	Sheila Gilmore
Preceded by	George Willis

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Gavin Steel Strang (born 10 July 1943) is a British politician who served in the House of Commons for forty years (1970 � 2010), representing Edinburgh East in the Labour interest. He served as a minister in the 1974-1979 government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan as well as in the Cabinet under Tony Blair. By the time of his retirement he was the longest-serving incumbent Scottish MP.

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