Jimmy Hood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jimmy Hood

British politician

Date of Birth: 16-May-1948

Place of Birth: Lesmahagow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Dec-2017

Profession: engineer, politician, trade unionist, mining engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

James "Jimmy" Hood (16 May 1948 – 3 December 2017) was a Scottish Labour Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament from 1987 until being defeated in 2015.
He represented the Clydesdale constituency until 2005, and the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency thereafter.
Hood, a National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) trade union official during the miners' strike of 1984–85, remained a backbencher throughout his parliamentary career.