Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
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The Right Honourable The Lord Anderson of Swansea PC DL |
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| Lord Temporal | |
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Assumed office 28 June 2005 |
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| Member of Parliament for Swansea East |
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In office 11 October 1974 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Neil McBride |
| Succeeded by | Sian James |
| Member of Parliament for Monmouth |
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In office 31 March 1966 – 18 June 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Stradling Thomas |
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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.
Anderson was educated at Brynmill Primary School in Swansea, Swansea Grammar School (now known as Bishop Gore School) and Swansea University.
He entered the House of Commons in 1966 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 for Swansea East until 2005. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2000 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. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of West Glamorgan in January 2006.
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