The Right Honourable  The Lord Mawhinney, PC
Shadow Home Secretary
In office 11 June 1997 – 11 April 1998
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Jack Straw
Succeeded by	Norman Fowler
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Jeremy Hanley
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
Secretary of State for Transport
In office 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995
Preceded by	John MacGregor
Succeeded by	Sir George Young, 6th Baronet
Born	July 26, 1940 (1940-07-26) (age 67) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Political party	Conservative

Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney PC (born 26 July 1940)^[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 until 1997 and a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 2005. The Right Honourable (abbreviated as or ) is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and in other Commonwealth Realms, and elsewhere. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... In British politics, the Shadow Home Secretary is the person within the shadow cabinet who shadows the Home Secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, immigration, the criminal justice system, the prison service, and matters of citizenship. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... John Whitaker Straw (born August 3, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician. ... The Right Honourable Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler, PC (born 1937) usually known as Norman Fowler before he was given his peerage, and probably now best known as Lord Fowler, is a British Conservative politician who was from 1981 to 1990 a member of Margaret Thatchers Cabinet. ... In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of the Conservative Party is responsible for running the party machine, overseeing Conservative Central Office. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... For other persons named John Major, see John Major (disambiguation). ... The Right Honourable Sir Jeremy James Hanley (born November 17, 1945) is a politician in the United Kingdom and a chartered accountant. ... Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, PC (born 1 September 1931 in Carnforth, Lancashire), is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet Minister. ... The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... John Macgregor (1802-1858) was a Scottish shipbuilder. ... The Right Honourable Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, 6th Baronet (born July 16, 1941) is an English politician, and Tory Member of Parliament for Hampshire North West. ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital city of Northern Ireland. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The Conservative Party, officially though less commonly known as the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Conservative Party, officially though less commonly known as the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...

Early life

Mawhinney was born in 1940 in Belfast and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.^[2] He studied physics at Queen's University of Belfast,^[2] gaining an upper second class degree in 1963 and obtained a Ph.D. in radiation physics at the Royal Free Hospital in London.^[2] He worked as assistant professor of radiation research at the University of Iowa from 1968–70 and then returned to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine as a lecturer from 1970–84.^[2] This article is about the capital city of Northern Ireland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... The Queens University of Belfast (QUB) is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland; the university is often called Queens University Belfast. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... The Royal Free Hospital is a large and modern London teaching hospital, United Kingdom. ... The University of Iowa, also commonly called Iowa or locally UI, is a major coeducational research university located on a 1,900-acre (8 km²) campus in Iowa City, Iowa, US, on the banks of the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ...

Political career

Mawhinney was Member of Parliament for Peterborough from 1979 to 1997 and Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2005.^[3] He was PPS to John Wakeham from 1982 to 1983 and PPS to Tom King from 1984 to 1986.^[2] He became a junior minister at the Northern Ireland Office in 1986,^[1] and then became Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office in 1990.^[2] In 1992, he became Minister of State at the Department of Health until 1994 when he entered the cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport.^[2] He served as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio for two years from 1995 until the 1997 election.^[1] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the dissolution honours list in 1997. He served as Shadow Home Secretary and spokesman for home, constitutional and legal affairs for a year under William Hague before returning to the back benches in June 1998.^[1] He stepped down from the House of Commons in May 2005.^[4][5] On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer,^[6] and on 24 June he was created Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough, in the County of Cambridgeshire.^[7] A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Peterborough is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Cambridgeshire North West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ... John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, PC (born 1932), is a businessman and British Conservative politician. ... G-Unit member Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, CH , PC (born June 13, 1933), Educated Sheriff House, Rugby School, is a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in Somerset, from 1970 until 2001. ... The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ... The Department of Health headquarters in Whitehall The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government. ... The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. ... In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of the Conservative Party is responsible for running the party machine, overseeing Conservative Central Office. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The dignity of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. ... The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ... William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and current Conservative Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ...

The Football League

In 2003, he was appointed Chairman of The Football League,^[8] and in 2004 oversaw a re-organisation of the league structure, renaming the former Division One as the Football League Championship. The Football League is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales. ...

Personal life

Highly religious, Mawhinney is a leading member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship and was a member of the General Synod for five years.^[1] The Conservative Christian Fellowship is an organisation allied with the British Conservative Party, established in 1990 by Tim Montgomerie and Conservative MP David Burrowes. ... The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. ...

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References

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See also

• List of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Lords
• List of Northern Ireland members of the Privy Council