Anthony David Wright
| Anthony David Wright | |
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| Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Carttiss |
| Succeeded by | Brandon Lewis |
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12 August 1954 Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Marley |
| Residence | Great Yarmouth |
| Website | tonywright4greatyarmouth.com |
Anthony David Wright (born 12 August 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth from 1997 until losing his seat at the 2010 election.
Wright attended to St George's Infant School, Priory Junior School, and Hospital Secondary Modern School.
From 1970–74, he was an engineering apprentice, then a mechanical engineer from 1974–83. He worked originally with ErieElectronics, and then was subsequently employed at Brown and Root and Probe Oil Tools.
It was through his work as an engineer that he became involved in a trade union and entered politics.
In his political career, Wright first stood for a Council seat in 1979 and missed out losing by 86 votes. He was subsequently voted in 1980 until 1982 when he lost by 15 votes. Wright was then re-elected in 1986 and remained a Councillor until 1998.
In total he served fourteen years for Great Yarmouth Borough Council and was chairman of various committees, Deputy Leader for four years and Leader of the council for over two years from 1995 until 1997.
In addition, in 1983 Wright was employed by Great Yarmouth Labour Party as full-time organiser up until the 1997 general election when he was elected as Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth and retained his seat at both the 2001 and 2005 elections.
He is a member of Amicus and the GMB Union.
Over his time in Parliament, Wright has sat on several committees including the Public Administration Committee and currently the Trade and Industry Select Committee. He is active on many All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG's), and currently chairs the APPG for Sea Cadets and is Treasurer of the United Kingdom Parliamentary Football Club which is itself attributed to a great deal of charity work.
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