John David McWilliam (16 May 1941 – 14 November 2009)[1] was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon from 1979 until he stood down at the 2005 general election.

Born in Grangemouth, the son of Alexander McWilliam, a post office engineer, he went to Leith Academy.

[3] When Betty Boothroyd retired as Speaker of the House of Commons, McWilliam was one of the 12 candidates nominated to succeed her.

[5] He stood down at the 2005 general election after 26 years as an MP, and returned to living in Scotland where he died in November 2009.

He married Helena Lovegreen in March 1998; that union ended in 2009, when McWilliam died in hospital of Pneumonia in Perth