Jimmy Hood

James Hood (16 May 1948 – 3 December 2017) was a Scottish Labour Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1987 until being defeated in 2015. He represented the Clydesdale constituency until 2005, and the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency thereafter. Hood, a National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) trade union official during the miners' strike of 1984–85, remained a backbencher throughout his parliamentary career.

Jimmy Hood
Chair of the European Scrutiny Committee
In office
17 November 1998  18 October 2006
Preceded byCommittee established
Succeeded byMichael Connarty
Member of Parliament
for Lanark and Hamilton East
Clydesdale (1987–2005)
In office
11 June 1987  30 March 2015
Preceded byJudith Hart
Succeeded byAngela Crawley
Personal details
Born(1948-05-16)16 May 1948
Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died3 December 2017(2017-12-03) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
SpouseMarion McCleary
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
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