caption constituency predecessor successor death_date party office birth_date term_start majority article_title term_end name occupation
publicity labour newsfile '' photograph of tom steele from `` west dunbartonshire lanark dunbartonshire west alec douglas-home rt hon adam mckinlay alec douglas-home ian campbell 28 may 1979 labour member dunbartonshire west of parliament for lanark member of parliament for 15 november 1905 1945 1951 -lrb- by-election -rrb- 293 tom steele
 1950 1970 -lrb- retired -rrb- tom steele mp railway station master
tom steele

tom steele -lrb- 15 november 1905 -- 28 may 1979 -rrb- was a scottish labour politician .
steele worked as a station master and served on the board of the lanark co-operative society .
steele was elected as member of parliament for the constituency of lanark in 1945 , defeating lord dunglass -lrb- alec-douglas home -rrb- , and served as parliamentary secretary at the ministry of national insurance .
he lost this seat to the conservative party in 1950 but was re-elected for dunbartonshire west from 1951 to 1970 , when he retired .
his successor in this seat was ian campbell .
at elections his campaign sometimes used the slogan `` vote steele for strength '' .
