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title="Order of St. Gregory the Great">KSG</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:TomClarkeMP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TomClarkeMP.jpg/220px-TomClarkeMP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/TomClarkeMP.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="318" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Clarke (right) with <a href="/wiki/Ian_Davidson_(British_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ian Davidson (British politician)">Ian Davidson</a> (left) in 2011</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Department for Culture, Media and Sport">Minister of State for Film and Tourism</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />4 May 1997 – 29 July 1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Hawkins_(politician)" title="Nick Hawkins (politician)">Nick Hawkins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Janet_Anderson" title="Janet Anderson">Janet Anderson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge,_Chryston_and_Bellshill" class="mw-redirect" title="Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill">Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Chryston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)">Coatbridge and Chryston</a> (1997–2005)</span><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Monklands_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands West">Monklands West</a> (1983–1997)</span><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Airdrie" class="mw-redirect" title="Coatbridge and Airdrie">Coatbridge and Airdrie</a> (1982–1983)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 June 1982 – 30 March 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Dempsey_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Dempsey (Scottish politician)">James Dempsey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1993–1994</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_Overseas_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for Overseas Development">Shadow Minister for Overseas Development</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1995–1997</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Social_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Social Security">Shadow Minister for Disabled People</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-01-10</span>) </span>10 January 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge" title="Coatbridge">Coatbridge</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_College_of_Commerce_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scottish College of Commerce (politician) (page does not exist)">Scottish College of Commerce</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Thomas Clarke</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">JP</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Gregory_the_Great" title="Order of St. Gregory the Great">KSG</a></span></span> (born 10 January 1941) is a <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> who was a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) from 1982 until 2015, representing <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge,_Chryston_and_Bellshill" class="mw-redirect" title="Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill">Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill</a> from <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a> until losing his seat to <a href="/wiki/Philip_Boswell" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip Boswell">Philip Boswell</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> in the May 2015 general election. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Clarke_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clarke was born in <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge" title="Coatbridge">Coatbridge</a> and was educated at All Saints Primary School in <a href="/wiki/Airdrie,_North_Lanarkshire" title="Airdrie, North Lanarkshire">Airdrie</a> and St Columba High School in Coatbridge, followed by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Strathclyde" title="University of Strathclyde">Scottish College of Commerce</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tomclarke.org.uk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tomclarke.org.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His brother, Tony, later become a councillor on North Lanarkshire Council.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clarke has long been a strong supporter of British film making and was an assistant director of the Scottish Council for Education Technology and was also the President of the British Amateur Cinematographers Central Council in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then became a deputy director of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Film_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Film Council">Scottish Film Council</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was the organiser of the Scottish International Amateur Film Festival in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-parliamentaryrecord.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliamentaryrecord.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, Clarke submitted his short film, <i>Give Us a Goal</i>, to the amateur section of the Cannes Film Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/GMB_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="GMB Union">GMB</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he also served as a Governor,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as being the chairman of The Citizens Trust. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_local_government">Career in local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Clarke_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career in local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clarke's political career began at the age of 18, when he was the election agent for the Labour MP <a href="/wiki/James_Dempsey_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Dempsey (Scottish politician)">James Dempsey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aged 22, he then served as a councillor on the Coatbridge Town Council from 1964, and he became a <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">Justice of the Peace</a> for the Lanark area in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-parliament.uk_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coatbridge Town Council was replaced with the <a href="/wiki/Monklands_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands District Council">Monklands District Council</a> in 1975, where Clarke continued to serve Coatbridge. He then served as the Monklands <a href="/wiki/Provost_(civil)" title="Provost (civil)">Provost</a> (Mayor) for three consecutive terms from 1974 until 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-tomclarke.org.uk_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tomclarke.org.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as the vice president of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities from 1976 until 1978, and as president of the convention from 1978 until 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-parliamentaryrecord.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliamentaryrecord.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_Parliament">Career in Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Clarke_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career in Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clarke was selected to contest the <a href="/wiki/1982_Coatbridge_and_Airdrie_by-election" title="1982 Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election">1982 Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election</a> caused by the death of the sitting Labour MP <a href="/wiki/James_Dempsey_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Dempsey (Scottish politician)">James Dempsey</a>. He won the <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> on 24 June 1982 with a majority of 10,090. Clarke became known quite quickly in parliament for his work on issues surrounding <a href="/wiki/Disabled_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled people">disabled people</a> and in 1986 he sponsored the 'Disabled Persons (Services, Representation and Consultation) Act'.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987 general election</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a> appointed him Shadow Minister for Personal Social Services from 1987, in which role he served until 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-parliament.uk_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clarke then became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_John_Smith" title="Shadow Cabinet of John Smith">Shadow Cabinet of John Smith</a> as <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Scottish_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Scottish Secretary">Shadow Scottish Secretary</a>. Clarke was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronic fatigue syndrome">chronic fatigue syndrome</a> in 1992 but has since recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then became the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Minister_for_Overseas_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Minister for Overseas Development">Shadow Minister for Overseas Development</a> in 1993. Clarke left the Shadow Cabinet in 1994 and returned in 1995 to serve as Shadow Minister for the Disabled until 1997 under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parliament.uk_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997 general election</a> he joined the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and served as a <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" title="Department for Culture, Media and Sport">Department for Culture, Media and Sport</a> with responsibility for Film and Tourism. He was reportedly dismissed from the role in a major government reshuffle whilst visiting the film set of <i><a href="/wiki/Notting_Hill_(film)" title="Notting Hill (film)">Notting Hill</a></i>. </p><p>Clarke was the Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and authored the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006, which ensures that the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_International_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for International Development">Secretary of State for International Development</a> reports on what the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_International_Development" title="Department for International Development">Department for International Development</a> spends in total on international aid and is categorised into what proportion is spent upon low-income countries, the effectiveness of current spending and the level of transparency of international aid. The Act is also used as a guide to establish the current progress upon <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Millennium_Development_Goals" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Millennium Development Goals">United Nations Millennium Development Goals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served as the Treasurer of the All Party Group on Carers from 2005 until 2010 and was the Chair of the All-Party Group on Learning Disabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clarke served on the <a href="/wiki/Administration_Committee" title="Administration Committee">Administration Committee</a> from 2008 until 2010. In the following parliament he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Standards_and_Privileges_Committee" title="Standards and Privileges Committee">Standards and Privileges Committee</a> and the Joint Committee reviewing the draft bill on <a href="/wiki/Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Reform of the House of Lords">Reform of the House of Lords</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parliament.uk_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Clarke received £15,000 in damages for defamation in the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a> which incorrectly claimed that he was involved in the decision to reduce the amount of expenses that MP <a href="/wiki/Maria_Miller" title="Maria Miller">Maria Miller</a> should repay, allegedly motivated by his own expenses claims.<sup id="cite_ref-pg-20140709_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pg-20140709-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2013, Clarke voted against the second reading of the <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, in May 2013, the MP voted against the bill's third and final reading,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> opposing the legalisation of same-sex marriage within England and Wales. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Clarke_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clarke was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE) in 1980 for services to local government.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council of the United Kingdom</a> on 20 May 1997 </p><p>In 2016, Clarke was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Gregory_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Saint Gregory the Great">Papal Knighthood</a> and an audience with <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> for his work on International Development and Disability Rights.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2021_New_Year_Honours" title="2021 New Year Honours">2021 New Year Honours</a> for public and political service.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Clarke_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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</th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Dempsey_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Dempsey (Scottish politician)">James Dempsey</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Airdrie" class="mw-redirect" title="Coatbridge and Airdrie">Coatbridge and Airdrie</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1982_Coatbridge_and_Airdrie_by-election" title="1982 Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election">1982</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="3"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="3"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Monklands_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Monklands West">Monklands West</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a>–<a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Chryston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coatbridge and Chryston (UK Parliament constituency)">Coatbridge and Chryston</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>–<a 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