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词条 Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan
释义

  1. Parliamentary career

  2. House of Lords

  3. Outside politics

  4. References

  5. External links

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Martin John O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan (born 6 January 1945) is a Scottish politician.

Parliamentary career

After unsuccessfully contesting Edinburgh North in October 1974, he was a Labour Member of Parliament between 1979 and 2005, representing the Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire, Clackmannan and Ochil seats successively. He was a shadow defence secretary and later was Chairman of the Trade and Industry Select committee.

House of Lords

On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer,[1] and on 14 June 2005 was created Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan, of Clackmannan in Clackmannanshire.[2]

Outside politics

Lord O'Neill is Chairman of the Strategic Forum for Construction was Chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association .

He is a lifelong supporter of Hibernian F.C. and was a director of the club for a few years. He is also a Distinguished Supporter of Humanists UK. He was one of the fifty signatories to a letter published in The Guardian in 2010, which called for Pope Benedict XVI not to be given a state visit to the UK, and accused the Catholic Church of increasing the spread of AIDS and promoting segregated education.

Lord O'Neill received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2011 [3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/13/lords.uk|title=Labour becomes biggest party in Lords|last=Tempest|first=Matthew|author2=agencies|date=13 May 2005 |publisher=guardian.co.uk|accessdate=25 May 2009}}
2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=57677 |page=7919 | date=17 June 2005}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hw.ac.uk/news/archive/2011/heriot-watt-honorary-graduates-november-2011.htm|title=Heriot-Watt University Honorary Graduates, November 2011|website=Heriot-Watt University|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-03-29}}

External links

  • Brief Guardian political biography
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