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He lost his seat in the 1997 general election. He was made a life peer in September 1997.
| Preceded by: Malcolm Rifkind | Secretary of State for Scotland 1990–1995 | Followed by: Michael Forsyth |
| Preceded by: Michael Heseltine | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1995–1997 | Followed by: Margaret BeckettThe Right Honourable Margaret Mary Beckett (born January 15, 1943) is a British Labour Party politician. She is MP for Derby South and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Born Margaret Jackson in Ashton-under-Lyne, she became an en |