Brian Mawhinney

The Right Honourable The Lord Mawhinney PC
Shadow Home Secretary
In office 11 June 1997 – 11 April 1998
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Michael Howard
Succeeded by	Norman Fowler
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 5 July 1995 – 11 June 1997
Leader	John Major
Preceded by	Jeremy Hanley
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
Ministerial offices 1992‍–‍1997 Minister without Portfolio In office 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Jeremy Hanley Succeeded by Peter Mandelson Secretary of State for Transport In office 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by John MacGregor Succeeded by George Young Minister of State for Health In office 14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Virginia Bottomley Succeeded by Gerry Malone
Parliamentary offices 1979‍–‍2019 Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 24 June 2005 – 9 November 2019[nb] Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Shailesh Vara Member of Parliament for Peterborough In office 3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997 Preceded by Michael Ward Succeeded by Helen Clark
Personal details
Born	Brian Stanley Mawhinney (1940-07-26)26 July 1940 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	9 November 2019(2019-11-09) (aged 79) Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Betty Oja ​ (m. 1964)​
Children	3
Education	Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast (BSc) Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (PhD)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (1997)
n.b. ^ Leave of absence from 9 October 2017

Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, PC (26 July 1940 – 9 November 2019) was a British Conservative politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 to 1997 and a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005.