- Tony McWalter
Tony McWalter (born
20 March 1945 ,Worksop ) is a politician in theUnited Kingdom . He was Labour Party and Co-operativeMember of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead between 1997 and 2005.Early life
Education
He went to the independent catholic
St Benedict's School inEaling . At the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, he gained a BSc in Pure Maths in 1967, and a BSc in Philosophy in 1968. AtMcMaster University inHamilton, Ontario , Canada, he gained an MA in Philosophy in 1968. AtUniversity College, Oxford , he gained a BPhil in Philosophy in 1971 and an MLitt in 1983.Career
From 1963-4, he was a teacher at the catholic Cardinal Wiseman secondary school in
Greenford , west London. From 1964-7, he was a lorry driver for EH Paterson Ltd. From 1968-9, he was a teaching fellow at McMaster University.He is a former
philosophy lecturer at theUniversity of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, beginning when it was known as Hatfield Polytechnic in 1974. He also lectured at Thames Polytechnic (now called theUniversity of Greenwich ) from 1972-4.Parliamentary career
He contested St Albans in 1987 and Luton North in 1992.
McWalter won the seat from Robert Jones (Conservative) in 1997 and held it in 2001, and was narrowly defeated by
Mike Penning , (Conservative) in 2005.Early in his Westminster career, McWalter was one of a number of Labour MPs who petitioned for a planned cut in single-parents benefits, scheduled by the previous Conservative administration, to be cancelled before it came into effect. The cancellation of the cut was announced but then later revoked. McWalter abstained on the first vote in the Commons on implementing the cut but later was brought back onboard with the Government line and was put forward by the government to defend the policy on TV.
Personal life
He married Karen Omer on March 30 1991. They have one son and two daughters.
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/mpdb/html/208.stm BBC News Profile of Tony McWalter]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3837,00.html Guardian page on Tony McWalter]
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