James (Jimmy) Hood (born 16 May 1948,
LesmahagowLesmahagow is a small town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland, and is also known as Abbey Green.-Etymology:The name is possibly a corruption of "Church of St Machutus"...
) is a politician in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. He is a
LabourThe Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
member of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators. Members of...
, and represented
ClydesdaleClydesdale was formerly one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland....
until 2005, when he was elected to represent the new constituency of
Lanark and Hamilton EastLanark and Hamilton East is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005...
. He was first elected in 1987.
He was educated at the Lesmahagow Higher Grade School on
School Road in
LesmahagowLesmahagow is a small town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland, and is also known as Abbey Green.-Etymology:The name is possibly a corruption of "Church of St Machutus"...
in
South LanarkshireSouth Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
, Coatbridge College, the
Motherwell Technical CollegeMotherwell College is a further education college in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, quite close to Fir Park Stadium, home of Motherwell F.C., Taylor High School and Our Lady's High School, both Roman Catholic Secondary Schools....
and
University of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a public research university in the city of Nottingham, England, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
. He worked for 23 years as a mining engineer from 1964, the year he joined the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) until 1987.
James (Jimmy) Hood (born 16 May 1948,
LesmahagowLesmahagow is a small town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland, and is also known as Abbey Green.-Etymology:The name is possibly a corruption of "Church of St Machutus"...
) is a politician in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. He is a
LabourThe Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...
member of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators. Members of...
, and represented
ClydesdaleClydesdale was formerly one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland....
until 2005, when he was elected to represent the new constituency of
Lanark and Hamilton EastLanark and Hamilton East is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005...
. He was first elected in 1987.
Early life
He was educated at the Lesmahagow Higher Grade School on
School Road in
LesmahagowLesmahagow is a small town on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland, and is also known as Abbey Green.-Etymology:The name is possibly a corruption of "Church of St Machutus"...
in
South LanarkshireSouth Lanarkshire is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the former county of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
, Coatbridge College, the
Motherwell Technical CollegeMotherwell College is a further education college in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, quite close to Fir Park Stadium, home of Motherwell F.C., Taylor High School and Our Lady's High School, both Roman Catholic Secondary Schools....
and
University of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a public research university in the city of Nottingham, England, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
. He worked for 23 years as a mining engineer from 1964, the year he joined the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) until 1987. He became a NUM trade union official in 1973. During the Miners' Strike of 1984-5 he led the striking
NottinghamshireNottinghamshire is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire...
miners.
Parliamentary career
From 1973-87 he was on
OllertonOllerton is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of the Sherwood Forest. It forms part of the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton....
Parish Council. In 1979 he was elected as a councillor to the
Newark and SherwoodNewark and Sherwood is a local government district of eastern Nottinghamshire, England. The district is predominantly rural, with some large forestry plantations, and the towns of Newark-on-Trent, Southwell and Ollerton....
District Council and served until his election to
WestminsterThe House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 646 members, who are known as "Members...
. He has remained a backbencher throughout his parliamentary career, serving on various select committees, including the
DefenceThe Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
1997-2001.
In November 2008, Hood was one of 18 MPs who signed a Commons motion backing a Team GB football team at the 2012 Olympics, saying football "should not be any different from other competing sports and our young talent should be allowed to show their skills on the world stage". The football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to a Great Britain team, fearing it would stop them competing as individual nations in future tournaments.
Personal life
He has been married to Marion McCleary since 1967 and they have a son and a daughter and two grandchildren. He suffered a
heart attackMyocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, is the interruption of blood supply to part of the heart, causing some heart cells to die...
in 1998.
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