Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea

For other people named Donald Anderson, see Donald Anderson (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable
The Lord Anderson of Swansea
PC DL
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 June 2005
Member of Parliament
for Swansea East
In office
11 October 1974 – 11 April 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 (1939-06-17) 17 June 1939
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 one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in recent years, his service totalling 34 years.

Education

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

Political career

He entered the House of Commons in 1966[1] for Monmouth until 1970.

From 1971 to 1974 he was a Labour councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

He then re-entered the Commons in 1974[2] for Swansea East until 2005. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2000[3] and retired from Parliament at the 2005 general election.

In the 2005 Dissolution Honours, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Anderson of Swansea, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan.[4] He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of West Glamorgan in January 2006.[5]

Styles of address

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43944. p. 3947. 5 April 1966.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 46374. p. 8992. 15 October 1974.
  3. ↑ "Privy Counsellors". Privy Council Office. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 57692. p. 8639. 4 July 2005.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 57889. p. 1433. 1 February 2006.
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
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