Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie
The Lord Watson of Invergowrie | |
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Watson in 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister for Education | |
| In office 18 September 2015 – 28 April 2022 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer |
| Minister for Culture and Sport | |
| In office 22 November 2001 – 20 May 2003 | |
| First Minister | Jack McConnell |
| Preceded by | Sam Galbraith |
| Succeeded by | Frank McAveety |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 19 November 1997 Life Peerage | |
| Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart | |
| In office 6 May 1999 – 22 September 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Gordon |
| Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central | |
| In office 15 June 1989 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Bob McTaggart |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1949 Cambuslang, Scotland |
| Political party | Scottish Labour Party |
| Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Michael Goodall Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie (born 1 May 1949), is a British Labour Party politician. He has served in two legislatures in the United Kingdom and served as Minister for Culture and Sport in the Scottish Executive Cabinet, and is a convicted criminal.
Watson was expelled from his party on 22 September 2005 following his conviction and imprisonment for fire-raising at Prestonfield House, but was re-admitted to the Labour Party in July 2012. He currently sits as a Labour member of the House of Lords and is an Associate Director of the Edinburgh public affairs and communications company Caledonia Consulting.
On 18 September 2015, the new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appointed Watson as Education spokesman in the House of Lords.