Frank Dobson

Known for

Acting

Born

March 15, 1940

Died

November 11, 2019

Birthplace

York, England, UK

Frank Gordon Dobson was a British Labour Party politician. As MP for Holborn and St. Pancras from 1979 to 2015, he served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 to 1999, and was official Labour Party candidate for Mayor of London in 2000, though finishing third in the election behind Conservative Steven Norris and the winner, Labour-turned-Independent Ken Livingstone. Dobson stood down at the 2015 general election.