Tony Banks, Baron Stratford
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The Right Honourable The Lord Stratford |
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| Minister for Sport | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 20 October 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Iain Sproat |
| Succeeded by | Kate Hoey |
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Member of Parliament for West Ham |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 4 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Lyn Brown |
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Member of Parliament for Newham North West |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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Anthony Louis Banks 8 April 1942 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 8 January 2006 (aged 63) Fort Myers, Florida, US |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater |
University of York London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Politician |
Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1942 – 8 January 2006) was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005 and subsequently a of the House of Lords. In government, he served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. He was well known in the House of Commons for his acid tongue.
Banks was born at Jubilee Maternity Hospital, Belfast, the only son and elder child of Albert Herbert Banks, a sergeant in the Royal Army Service Corps, who before the Second World War had been a toolmaker, and his wife, Olive Irene (Rene), née Rusca. The family returned to England after the birth and he grew up in Brixton and Tooting. He was educated in London at St. John's School, Brixton, Tenison's School in Kennington, the University of York and the London School of Economics.
Banks worked as an assistant general secretary for the Association of Broadcasting Staff union, which represented staff in the BBC and other broadcasting organisations. It later merged with other unions to form BECTU. For several years Banks was responsible for freelances.
In 1964 he unsuccessfully stood for the Liberal Party in the first elections to the new London Boroughs. He later joined the Labour Party, and during the 1970s and 1980s was a prominent Labour member of the Greater London Council, representing Hammersmith (1970–1977) and Tooting (1981–1986). He was chairman of the GLC from 1985 until its abolition in 1986.
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