Editing Gavin Strang (section)

{{Short description|Scottish politician (born 1943)}}{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = Gavin Strang
| office              = [[Minister of State for Transport]]
| primeminister       = [[Tony Blair]]
| term_start          = 2 May 1997
| term_end            = 18 June 1998
| predecessor         = [[John Watts (British politician)|John Watts]]
| successor           = [[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]]
| office1             = [[Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]]
| leader1             = [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]]<br>[[Tony Blair]]
| term_start1         = 5 November 1992
| term_end1           = 2 May 1997
| predecessor1        = [[Ron Davies (Welsh politician)|Ron Davies]]
| successor1          = [[Douglas Hogg]]
| office3             = [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]]
| primeminister3      = [[Harold Wilson]]<br />[[James Callaghan]]
| term_start3         = 18 October 1974
| term_end3           = 4 May 1979
| predecessor3        = [[Edward Bishop, Baron Bishopston|Edward Bishop]]
| successor3          = [[Jerry Wiggin]]
| office4             = [[Department of Energy (United Kingdom)|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy]]
| primeminister4      = [[Harold Wilson]]
| term_start4         = 7 March 1974
| term_end4           = 18 October 1974
| predecessor4        = [[Peter Emery]]
| successor4          = [[Alex Eadie]]
| office5             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br> for [[Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East]]<br />{{nobold|[[Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East and Musselburgh]] (1997–2005)}}
| term_start5         = 18 June 1970
| term_end5           = 12 April 2010
| predecessor5        = [[George Willis (politician)|George Willis]]
| successor5          = [[Sheila Gilmore]]
| birthname           = Gavin Steel Strang
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1943|7|10}}
| birth_place         = [[Crieff]], [[Perthshire]], Scotland
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Edinburgh]]<br>[[Churchill College, Cambridge]]
| image               = Gavin Strang (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Strang in 1997
}}
'''Gavin Steel Strang''' (born 10 July 1943) is a [[Scottish Labour Party]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East]] from [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]] until [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] (including two terms for [[Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh East and Musselburgh]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Gavin Strang |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/dr-gavin-strang/index.html |website=Hansard |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517013813/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/dr-gavin-strang/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary career for Dr Gavin Strang - MPs and Lords |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/597/career |website=UK Parliament |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501005221/https://members.parliament.uk/member/597/career |url-status=live }}</ref> He served as a minister in the 1974–79 Labour government under Prime Ministers [[Harold Wilson]] and [[James Callaghan]], as well as in the Cabinet under [[Tony Blair]]. By the time of his retirement at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], he was the longest-serving Scottish MP.