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He entered Parliament in the 1974 election, as the MP for Ealing Acton and retained the position until 1997, when the constituency ceased to exist due to boundary changes. He served as a minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major and was Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997, where he oversaw the privatisation of British Rail. He is a One Nation Tory , and was in William HagueThe Right Honourable William Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician and former leader of the Conservative Party (UK). Hague was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, a strongly working-class area, and caused a sensation at the age of sixteen by's shadow cabinet until 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri.
| Preceded by: Malcolm RifkindThe Right Honourable Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind KCMG, QC (born 1946), is a Scottish and British Conservative politician, and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. He became member of Parliament for Edinburgh Pentlands in 1974, an | Secretary of State for Transport 1995–1997 | Followed by: Office Replaced |
| Preceded by: Sir George Young | Young Baronet of Formosa Place | Followed by: Current Incumbent |