Bob HUGHES

Background

HUGHES, Bob was born on January 3, 1932 in Pittenweem, Fifeshire.

Education

Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen. Benoni High School, Transvaal. Pietermaritzburg Technical College, Natal.

Career

Member, Labour Party, since 1954. Member, Labour Party League of Youth, 1954-1957. Chairman, Aberdeen City Labour Party, 1961-1969.

Member, Aberdeen Town Council, 1962-1971. Convenor, health and welfare committee, 1963-1968. Convenor, social work committee, 1969-1970.

Member of Parliament, Aberdeen North, since 1970. Member, Standing Committee, Immigration Bill, 1971. Member. Select Committee on Scottish Affairs, since 1971, Chairman, since 1981.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scotland, 1974-1975. Labour Party spokesperson, agriculture. 1983; Vice-Chairman, Tribune Group, 1984.

Member. Parliamentary Labour Party Shadow Cabinet, 1985. Transport, 19861988; engineering apprentice, S.African Rubber Company, Natal. Chief draughtsman, C.F.Wilson & Company (1932) Ltd., Aberdeen.

Membership

Member, Amalgamated Engineering Union. Member. Trades Council and Exec, Council, 1957-1969. Member. General Medical Council, 1976-1979.

Clubs: member, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Member, Movement for Colonial Freedom, since 1955. Member, Scottish Poverty Action Group.

Chairman, Anti-Apartheid Movement, since 1975.

Interests

• Golf, fly fishing; African affairs, health, welfare.

Connections

Spouse Ina Margaret Hughes (née Miller), 1957. Children: two son, three d.