Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea

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The Right Honourable The Lord Anderson of Swansea PC, DL
Member of Parliament for Swansea East
In office 10 October 1974 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Neil McBride
Succeeded by	Sian James
Member of Parliament for Monmouth
In office 31 March 1966 – 18 June 1970
Preceded by	Peter Thorneycroft
Succeeded by	Sir John Stradling Thomas
Personal details
Born	17 June 1939 (1939-06-17) (age 72) Swansea
Nationality	Welsh
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Swansea University

Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, PC, DL (born 17 June 1939, Swansea), is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament for Swansea East from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 2005.

Anderson was educated at Brynmill Primary School in Swansea, Liberton High School, Swansea Grammar School (now known as Bishop Gore School) and Swansea University.

He was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in the UK in recent years. He retired from Parliament at the 2005 general election. On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer, and on 28 June 2005 he was created Baron Anderson of Swansea, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of West Glamorgan in February 2006.

From 1971 to 1974 he was a Labour councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.^{[citation needed]}

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft	Member of Parliament for Monmouth 1966–1970	Succeeded by Sir John Stradling Thomas
Preceded by Neil McBride	Member of Parliament for Swansea East Oct 1974–2005	Succeeded by Sian James

Persondata
Name	Anderson, Donald
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Date of birth	17 June 1939
Place of birth	Swansea
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