Bryan Gould

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Bryan Charles Gould CNZM (born February 11, 1939) is a former politician in the United Kingdom, but was born in New Zealand. He was Labour Member of Parliament for Dagenham from 1983 until his resignation on May 17, 1994, having first been elected as MP for Southampton Test in October 1974, a seat he held until 1979.

He was a member of Neil Kinnock's Shadow Cabinet, but was defeated in the Labour leadership election which took place after the 1992 election to succeed Kinnock. He subsequently resigned from John Smith's shadow cabinet, in a dispute about Europe, and left British politics.

He was a Rhodes Scholar, attending Balliol College, Oxford, and subsequently a tutorial Fellow in law at Worcester College.

In July 1994 he took on the role of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato in New Zealand. He retired from this role in 2004.

He was awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2003 for services to Education. In October 2006, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Waikato. He is a board member of TVNZ.

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Bryan Gould's website is at www.bryangould.net/bryangould

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Hill	Member of Parliament for Southampton Test October 1974–1979	Succeeded by James Hill
Preceded by John Parker	Member of Parliament for Dagenham 1983–1994	Succeeded by Judith Church