Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside
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Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside (born January 3, 1932), is a British Labour politician.
Educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen and in South Africa where he lived 1947–1954, he worked as a draughtsman. He was Member of Parliament for Aberdeen North from 1970 to 1997, and was subsequently created a Life peer as Baron Hughes of Woodside, of Woodside in the City of Aberdeen.
He was a junior minister at the Scottish Office March 1974 – July 1975, but resigned in disagreement with the government's Incomes Policy.
Lord Hughes is a Vice-President of the British Humanist Association.
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| Preceded by: Hector Samuel James Hughes |
Member of Parliament forAberdeen North 1970–1997 |
Succeeded by: Malcolm Savidge |
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