Brian Mawhinney

The Right Honourable
The Lord Mawhinney
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Mawhinney PC
Shadow Home Secretary
	In office; 11 June 1997 – 11 April 1998
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	Michael Howard
Succeeded by	Norman Fowler
Chairman of the Conservative Party
	In office; 5 July 1995 – 11 June 1997
Leader	John Major
Preceded by	Jeremy Hanley
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices 1992‍–‍1997
Minister without Portfolio
	In office; 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Jeremy Hanley
Succeeded by	Peter Mandelson
Secretary of State for Transport
	In office; 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	John MacGregor
Succeeded by	George Young
Minister of State for Health
	In office; 14 April 1992 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Virginia Bottomley
Succeeded by	Gerry Malone
Preceded by
Parliamentary offices 1979‍–‍2019
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage; 24 June 2005 – 9 November 2019[nb]
Member of Parliament; for North West Cambridgeshire
	In office; 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Shailesh Vara
Member of Parliament; for Peterborough
	In office; 3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Michael Ward
Succeeded by	Helen Clark
Personal details
Born	Brian Stanley Mawhinney; 26 July 1940; Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died	9 November 2019 (aged 79); Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Betty Oja (m. 1964)
Children	3
Education	Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast (BSc); Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (PhD);
Awards	Knight Bachelor (1997)
	n.b. ^ Leave of absence from 9 October 2017

Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, PC (26 July 1940 – 9 November 2019) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a member of the Cabinet from 1994 to 1997 and a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005.