predecessor successor nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
sam galbraith constituency abolished british labour member of parliament for strathkelvin and bearsden 11 july 1949 7 june 2001 john lyons -lrb- british politician -rrb-
 5 may 2005 john lyons
john lyons -lrb- british politician -rrb-

john lyons -lrb- born 11 july 1949 -rrb- is a labour party politician in the united kingdom .
at the 2001 general election , he was elected to the british house of commons as member of parliament for strathkelvin and bearsden .
following the reduction in scottish constituencies in the british house of commons under the scotland act 1998 , that constituency was abolished for the 2005 general election .
lyons stood in the new east dunbartonshire , where he lost to the liberal democrat jo swinson .
following his defeat he became a consultant on trade unions for firstgroup .
before his election to parliament in 2001 he had been a unison official .
he consistently voted against and opposed the iraq war of 2003 .
