Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
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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 from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 2005.
Educated at Brynmill Primary School, Swansea Grammar School (now known as Bishop Gore School) and Swansea University, Anderson was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in the UK of recent years.
Anderson 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.
[edit] Offices held
| 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 1974–2005 |
Succeeded by Sian James |
Categories: 1939 births | Living people | Wales Labour Party politicians | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Labour MPs (UK) | Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Welsh constituencies | Politics of Swansea | Alumni of Swansea University | Life peers | Deputy Lieutenants of West Glamorgan | People from Swansea | UK MPs 1966-1970 | UK MPs 1974-1979 | UK MPs 1979-1983 | UK MPs 1983-1987 | UK MPs 1987-1992 | UK MPs 1992-1997 | UK MPs 1997-2001 | UK MPs 2001-2005
