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British Labour Party politician (1940–2019)
The Right Honourable
Frank Dobson
Dobson in 2014
Secretary of State for Health
In office 2 May 1997 – 11 October 1999
Prime Minister
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Stephen Dorrell
Succeeded by
Alan Milburn
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
In office 20 October 1994 – 2 May 1997
Leader
Tony Blair
Preceded by
Chris Smith
Succeeded by
John Gummer
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In office 21 October 1993 – 20 October 1994
Leader
John Smith Margaret Beckett (Acting) Tony Blair
Preceded by
John Prescott
Succeeded by
Michael Meacher
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment
In office 18 July 1992 – 21 October 1993
Leader
John Smith
Preceded by
Tony Blair
Succeeded by
John Prescott
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy
In office 2 November 1989 – 18 July 1992
Leader
Neil Kinnock
Preceded by
John Prescott
Succeeded by
Robin Cook (Trade and Industry)
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
In office 13 July 1987 – 2 November 1989
Leader
Neil Kinnock
Preceded by
Peter Shore
Succeeded by
Jack Cunningham
Member of Parliament for Holborn and St. Pancras Holborn and St Pancras South (1979–1983)
In office 3 May 1979 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by
Lena Jeger
Succeeded by
Sir Keir Starmer
Personal details
Born
Frank Gordon Dobson
(1940-03-15)15 March 1940 York, England
Died
11 November 2019(2019-11-11) (aged 79) London, England
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Janet Mary Alker
(m. 1967)
Children
3
Alma mater
London School of Economics
Frank Gordon Dobson (15 March 1940 – 11 November 2019) was a British Labour Party politician. As Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St. Pancras from 1979 to 2015, he served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 to 1999, and was the Labour Party nominee for Mayor of London in 2000, finishing third in the election behind Conservative Steven Norris and the winner, Labour-turned-Independent Ken Livingstone. Dobson stood down from his Parliament seat at the 2015 general election.[1]
^Camden New Journal,Labour's Frank Dobson 'set to tell party he will step down as MP after 35 years', 5 June 2014 Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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