Iain Mills, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Iain Mills

British politician

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1940

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1997

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Iain Campbell Mills (21 April 1940 in Glasgow – 16 January 1997 in London) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Mills was educated in southern Africa and subsequently worked as a Market Planning Executive for Dunlop.
He served as a councillor on Lichfield District Council from 1974 until 1976. He entered the House of Commons at the 1979 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Meriden, and held the constituency until his death shortly before the general election of 1997.
His successor was Caroline Spelman. The death of Mills from alcohol poisoning at Dolphin Square, London, caused the government of John Major to lose its parliamentary majority.
This, along with the Wirral South by-election held a month later, resulted in Major announcing the 1997 general election less than 4 months later.