John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 8 May 1947) is a Scottish football club chairman and a Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shotts in the United Kingdom. He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election for the Motherwell North constituency. The boundary of the constituency was changed, and in the 1997 election he was elected to the new constituency of Hamilton North and Bellshill. After more boundary changes in 2005 he was elected to the new constituency of Airdrie and Shotts.
He is the former Home Secretary.[1]
Reid did not stand in the 2010 election, and was made a life peer instead.
He is Chairman of Celtic Football Club in Glasgow.
He is a member of the Labour Party.
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