Martin O'Neill (politician)
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Martin John O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan (born 6 January 1945) is a British politician.
He was a Labour member of Parliament between 1979 and 2005, representing the Ochil seat from 1997. He was a frontbench shadow defence spokesman and later was Chairman of the Trade and Industry Select committee.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and on 14 June 2005 was created Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan, of Clackmannan in Clackmannanshire.
External links
- Brief Guardian political biography (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3957,00.html)