| The Right Honourable The Lord Gilbert |
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| Minister of State for Transport | |
| In office 12 June 1975 – 10 September 1976 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Fred Mulley |
| Succeeded by | William Rodgers (Secretary of State) |
| Member of Parliament for Dudley East |
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| In office 28 February 1974 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Dudley |
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| In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Donald Williams |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1927 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford New York University |
John William Gilbert, Baron Gilbert PC (born 5 April 1927) is a British Labour politician.
Gilbert was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, St John's College, Oxford and New York University.
He contested the Parliamentary seat of Ludlow in 1966 and a by-election in Dudley in 1968 before being elected for Dudley in 1970 and Dudley East in 1974, which he represented until 1997, when it became part of the new Dudley North constituency (which was held by a new Labour MP) and Gilbert retired from the House of Commons.
In the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan he was Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1974–1975), Minister for Transport (1975–1976), and Minister of State for Defence (1976–1979).[1] As Minister for Transport he introduced the Bill to make the wearing of seat belts compulsory.
After his retirement from the House of Commons, he was created a Life Peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands and was appointed Minister for Defence Procurement in Tony Blair's first government.[2]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Donald Williams |
Member of Parliament for Dudley 1970–1974 |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Dudley East 1974–1997 |
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| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Terence Higgins |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1974–1975 |
Succeeded by Robert Sheldon |
| Preceded by Frederick Mulley |
Minister of State for Transport 1975–1976 |
Succeeded by William Rodgers as Secretary of State for Transport |