Anthony Steen
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Anthony Steen CBE |
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Member of Parliament for Totnes South Hams (1983–1997) |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Wollaston |
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Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree |
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In office 1 March 1974 – 13 May 1983 |
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| Preceded by | John Tilney |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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22 July 1939 Marylebone, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Padfield |
| Alma mater | University College, London |
Anthony David Steen (born 22 July 1939) is a British Conservative Party politician who was a member of parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2010, and the chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation. Having represented Totnes in Devon since 1997, he was previously MP for South Hams from 1983, and had also been the MP for Liverpool Wavertree between February 1974 and 1983.
He is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost figures acting to combat human trafficking in the UK, and in 2015 he was awarded the CBE for his outstanding contribution to the fight against modern slavery. In February 2016 he and Sir John Randall were appointed Special Envoys on modern slavery to the Mayor of London.
He was born in 1939 to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Stephen Nicholas Steen (formerly Stein), one time chairman and president of Smith & Nephew, and Jacqueline Annette, daughter of William (formerly Wolko or Woolf) Slavouski, a Russian fur and skin trader. He attended Westminster School and University College London where he gained an LLB. He became a barrister in 1962.
In 1964, he founded Task Force, an organisation where young people help the elderly with the help of a government grant and served as its Director from 1964–68. He then founded the Young Volunteer Force, serving as Director from 1968–74. He also worked on the Court Martials' Defence Counsel for the Ministry of Defence from 1964–68. From 1964–67 he lectured in Law at the Council of Legal Education. From 1970–71, he was an advisor to federal and provincial Canadian governments on unemployment and youth problems.
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