Gerard Vaughan (British politician)

Sir
Gerard Folliott Vaughan
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs
In office
5 March 1982  13 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded bySally Oppenheim-Barnes
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of State, Health and Social Security
In office
7 May 1979  5 March 1982
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRoland Moyle
Succeeded byKenneth Clarke
Member of Parliament
for Reading East
Reading (1970–1974)
Reading South (1974–1983)
In office
18 June 1970  1 May 1997
Preceded byJohn Lee
Succeeded byJane Griffiths
Personal details
Born
Gerard Folliott Vaughan

(1923-06-11)11 June 1923
Died29 July 2003(2003-07-29) (aged 80)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Thurle Joyce Laver, Lady Folliott Vaughan (m. 1955)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of London
OccupationPsychiatrist

Sir Gerard Folliott Vaughan (11 June 1923 – 29 July 2003) was a British psychiatrist and politician, who reached ministerial rank during the Thatcher administration.

Vaughan's political career ended after a battle with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's Joan Ruddock over the government's grant to the Citizens Advice Bureau. He lost his government post and was no longer active in politics from that point on.