John Reid (MP)

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John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, PC ( (born 08 May 1947, Lanarkshire) is a Labour peer and the former MP for Airdrie and Shotts. He entered the House of Lords on 22 July 2010. [1]

He was the Minister of Defence (1997-1998) and the Minister of Transport (1998-1999), as well as the Secretary of State for Scotland (1999-2001), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (2001-2002), leader of the House of Commons (2003), Secretary of State for Health (2003-2005), Secretary of State for Defence (2005-2006), and Secretary of State for The Home Office (2006-2007).[2]

Biographical Information

Reid entered Parliament on 11 June 1987.

Current activities

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Affiliations

  • Chairman,[3] Celtic Football Club (http://www.celticfc.net/home.aspx). Approved by ACOBA subject to "normal three-month wait and, for 12 months after leaving office, he should not become personally involved in lobbying the Government".[4] Stepped down in June 2011, citing the need for fresh talent to take over[5]
  • consultant to G4S UK, a security company with government contracts.[6]


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Notes

  1. Lord Reid of Cardowan, TheyWorkForYou, accessed 28 March 2011
  2. Reid, John, Rt Hon Dr John Reid MP, accessed 28 November 2008.
  3. Kyle, Gregor, "John Reid Confirmed as New Chairman," Celtic FC, undated, accessed 28 November 2008.
  4. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Ninth Report 2006-2008 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 6 November 2014
  5. Lord Reid to stand down as Celtic chairman BBC, 3 June 2011, accessed 6 November 2014
  6. Geoffrey Levy, Tony's cronies and snouts in the trough: How one-time Labour bigwigs are raking it in thanks to the private sector, 10th June 2011, accessed 14 June 2011