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Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Anderson of Swansea
PC DL
Official portrait, 2019
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee
In office
16 July 1997 – 12 July 2005
Preceded byDavid Howell
Succeeded byMike Gapes
Chair of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee
In office
20 November 1981 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byLeo Abse
Succeeded byGareth Wardell
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 June 2005
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Swansea East
In office
10 October 1974 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byNeil McBride
Succeeded bySian James
Member of Parliament
for Monmouth
In office
31 March 1966 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byPeter Thorneycroft
Succeeded byJohn Stradling Thomas
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Frontbench
1994–1996Solicitor General
Personal details
Born (1939-06-17) 17 June 1939 (age 85)
Swansea, Wales
Political partyLabour
Alma materSwansea University

Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea PC DL (born 17 June 1939) is a Welsh Labour politician, who was one of the longest-serving Members of Parliament in recent years, his service totalling 34 years.[1] Since 2005, he has served as a Labour peer in the House of Lords.

Education

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Anderson was born in Swansea and educated at the local Brynmill Primary School and Swansea Grammar School before studying at Swansea University.

Political career

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He entered the House of Commons in 1966[2] for Monmouth until being defeated in 1970 by the Conservative John Stradling Thomas.

From 1971 to 1974, he was a resident in Kensington and Chelsea and councillor in a neighbouring borough.[citation needed]

He then re-entered the Commons in October 1974,[3] as MP for Swansea East. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2000,[4] and retired from Parliament at the 2005 general election.

In 2003, he voted in favour of the Iraq War.[5]

In the 2005 Dissolution Honours, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Anderson of Swansea, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan.[6] He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of West Glamorgan in January 2006.[7] Anderson is affiliated to Labour Friends of Israel.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Anderson married Dorothy Trotman in 1963 and has three sons.

  • Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea (1939–)

References

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  1. ^ "Mr Donald Anderson (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "No. 43944". The London Gazette. 5 April 1966. p. 3947.
  3. ^ "No. 46374". The London Gazette. 15 October 1974. p. 8992.
  4. ^ "Privy Counsellors". Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. ^ "The Public Whip — Iraq — Declaration of War - 18 Mar 2003 at 22:00". www.publicwhip.org.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ^ "No. 57692". The London Gazette. 4 July 2005. p. 8639.
  7. ^ "No. 57889". The London Gazette. 1 February 2006. p. 1433.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Monmouth
1966–1970 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Swansea East
Oct 1974–2005 		Succeeded by
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Anderson of Swansea 		Followed by
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