Tony Cunningham
| Sir Tony Cunningham | |
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| Shadow International Development Minister | |
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In office October 2011 – October 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Mark Lazarowicz |
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Member of Parliament for Workington |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dale Campbell-Savours |
| Succeeded by | Sue Hayman |
| Majority | 4,575 (11.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 September 1952 Workington, Cumberland, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Margaret Gilmore |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Sir Thomas Anthony Cunningham (born 16 September 1952), known as Tony Cunningham, is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 2001 to 2015. Ed Miliband appointed him to replace Mark Lazarowicz as Shadow Minister for International Development. He was removed from the team in the October 2013 reshuffle.
Tony Cunningham was born in Workington and educated at the Workington Grammar School (which became Stainburn School in 1984) on Stainburn Road before attending the University of Liverpool where he received a BA degree in History and Politics in 1975, and the Didsbury College of Education, Manchester where he qualified as a teacher with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 1976. He began his teaching career at the Alsager Comprehensive School on Hassall Road in 1976 until 1980 when he taught at the Mikunguni Trade School in Zanzibar. He returned to Britain in 1983 to teach history at Netherhall School, Maryport on Netherhall Road in Maryport and he remained in post until his election to the European Parliament. For the duration of his teaching career he was a member of the National Union of Teachers, serving as a local secretary 1985-1994, and has been a member of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union since 1993. He was elected a councillor to the Allerdale District Council in 1987, and became the leader of the council in 1992, he stepped down from both the leadership and the council in 1994. He was the Mayor of Workington in 1990.
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