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Gavin Strang

Gavin Steel Strang (born July 10, 1943) is a British politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh.

He had been an MP since the 1970 election, and was a minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. He was Minister for Transport from 1997, and sat at meetings of the Cabinet, but was sacked in 1998.

Since becoming a backbencher, he has been active against the government, campaigning against the privatisation of NATS.